Much to say and think about

Our boys’ language and thinking skills have already developed a great deal. They now process information and make calculated decisions based on cause-and-effect relationships. Each learns by doing and through their senses, and communicates in complete sentences of five words or more. It will be a treat over the next year to help them understand: the concepts of “now,” “soon,” and “later;” about past, present, and future; about how words relate one idea to another — if, why, when; the basic difference between fantasy and reality; and ideas about numbers and space — more, less, bigger, in, under, behind. They will begin to understand most of what is said to them and 75 percent of their speech will become understandable to strangers. The boys’ vocabulary will grow beyond 1,500 words and more complex sentences will emerge. Grammar will drastically improve as they begin to telling their own stories to one and all.