According to researchers, constant communication with children (especially in the first 3 years of life) helps<span> the baby to "tune into" the right speech sounds by stimulating </span><span>enhanced activity in brain regions associated with processing auditory messages</span><span>. It has also been shown to help in </span><span>building the brain architecture that is necessary to </span>support<span> reading and thinking skills when the child is grown.</span>