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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I expect my nanny to teach my 14 month old all day long.  I want her to learn how that she is going up when she goes upstairs, and down when she is going downstairs and that the zipper on her coat also goes up and down.  I want her to learn what noise a dog makes, and that the sound in the backyard is a bird.  I want her to learn that the carrots on her plate are orange and yummy and the strawberries she'll eat for dessert are red and yummy, but the lint on the floor is yucky and not for putting in her mouth because it is dirty.  I basically want the nanny to walk around all day long naming and explaining the things that my daughter seems interested in (e.g., "Yes, look at the clock!  Wow, let's see what we can put in this jar"), because that's appropriate education at this point.  It doesn't take a teaching certificate to do this, but it is amazing to me how few nannies  have the instinct and energy for this.  There is almost no correlation between talent for this and rate/experience.  Some of the most experienced career nannies I've encountered see their role as literally "watching" the kids.[/quote]
Is it just your nanny who has diarrhea of the mouth, or do you have it to? You trail your child all day running your mouths non-stop? You both need a bit of instruction to learn that your poor child is in desparate need of some quite time; time to be allowed to do a little of her own thinking and wondering, without a chatterbox to jump in at every turn. There's a very fine line to knowing just the right amount of adult commentary, without going overboard. A significant part of this "knowing" comes with the ability to astutely observe your child's development.

By the way, it's most common for my charges to be speaking two-word sentences by 18 months. Of course such children have no screen time, with their parents or with me.

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Of course children require quiet time.

They also require exposure to a frequent and varied vocabulary. Narrating, "conversing," singing, labeling, naming are all RECOMMENDED for language development. Do your reading maybe.[/quote]

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