Gestures come before words

Pointing, waving, and showing are powerful early predictors of talking.

By 12 months most children point, wave, and show objects to share attention.

Children who use many gestures tend to develop larger vocabularies later.

You can teach gestures alongside words — it does not slow speech down.

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