By The Associated Press Thu Aug 2, 3:24 PM ET
BABY TALK: New research suggests babies start really jabbering after they've mastered enough easy words to tackle more of the harder ones. It's essentially a snowball
OLD IDEA: That explanation is far simpler than scientists' assumptions that some special brain mechanisms must click to trigger the word boom.
NO TECHNOLOGY NEEDED: Simply talking and reading to a child a lot is the key.