When your toddler is around 18 months old, you might start noticing ... They need you to keep giving them those tools for talking to help expand their language. Listen to their words or gestures ...

They're putting their tools for talking into practice ... There are lots of games and activities you can try with 12-18 month olds to help develop joint attention skills.

Is babbling normal at 18 months? An 18-month-old can babble and ... Encourage them to express themselves by talking about ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Babies usually say their first words between 12 and 18 months, Dr. Beth Oller tells USA TODAY. But speech education doesn't start there.