Why do children make clever mistakes when learning to talk?

In our final Nursery World Magazine article Prof Julian Pine discusses the clever mistakes children make when learning to talk. Why do children make these errors and what should parents, caregivers and nursery workers do when they make them? Read the full open access article, My Mistake.

LuCiD researchers have written these articles as part of the learning and development series for Nursery World Magazine.  Each article focuses on a different aspect of child language and communicative development linked to LuCiD's research themes. The articles have been published monthly from July to November 2015. Read all of our articles.

Nursery World Magazine is a fortnightly subscription-only magazine available in print and online.