First Words for Babies and Toddlers – Learn To Talk – Baby’s First Words, Songs and Gestures

First Words for Babies and Toddlers aims to help children learn to talk. It highlights many of the most common first words such as mama, dada, ball, car and more! Wonderful videos of children and families are shown with baby’s first words repeated. There is purposely no distracting background music so it is more like someone is speaking to your baby and the words are very easy to understand and hear clearly.

Gestures are incredibly important building blocks for language development, so in the second part of our video, we focus on gestures, songs that teach gestures, and encouraging children to speak through play and motivating toys! Songs are a wonderful way to practice language and gestures! We also include some baby sign language. Baby sign language actually helps the development of speech and language.

If you think your child may have a speech delay, definitely talk to your doctor. You may qualify for free speech therapy through your state’s early intervention program. You can also get evaluated by a speech therapist.

Rachel is not a speech therapist, but on several videos she has worked with speech therapists to share helpful techniques for speech practice.

”Georgie” puppet Copyright 2016 – David Fino & The Brooklyn Puppet Conspiracy. Used with Permission.

We hope you enjoy the wonderful songs for babies and toddlers included in this video. We also have full music classes, speech practice videos and preschool videos on our YouTube page.

In our videos we work on speech and language, milestones, gestures, pretend play, social emotional learning, dramatic play, art, music, math, science, circle time, finger plays, sensory play and more!

Rachel teaches preschool music to young kids, toddlers, and babies and has a master’s in music education from NYU. She has worked with children with special needs including autism, down syndrome, speech delays, and developmental delays. She believes all children are smart, important, valuable and our teachers.

We put your baby first and not entertainment value. That is why there is no loud songs during the presentation of words.

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[Music] [Music] Can you say mama Mama Good job Mommy Mommy Mommy Can you say mommy Mommy Mama Mommy Da da Da Da da Da da Can you say da da Da da Good job Daddy [Music] Daddy Daddy Can you say daddy Daddy Daddy Dada Daddy Peekaboo I see you Hello Oh Bye bye Close

Closing the window bye bye Bye bye Where are you oh peekaboo there you are You were under the blanket Ball Get the ball You got it Ball Ball I see two balls one Two So many balls Oh there you are Kick Kick Kick the ball Kick Good job Kicking the ball Blocks Building with blocks Uh oh Can you say uh oh Uh Oh Uh oh Oh no the blocks fell down Say uh-oh Peek-a-boo Hi Hello Baby Baby Hi baby

Hello Baby Baby [Music] Hi baby I love your smile so cute Hi Hello Babies babies Bath Bath bath time [Music] Playing in the bath Towel Towel In the towel You’re in the towel getting so dry Getting all dry In the towel Where are you going Are you hiding where’d you go oh Peekaboo I see you Are you gonna hide where’d you go there You are So silly drawing with mommy Drawing Let’s draw a picture Bubbles blow the bubbles Blowing bubbles Blowing bubbles Pop The bubble popped on your nose that’s so Silly

Blowing bubbles with daddy Good job Say i did it good job blowing bubbles Blow yay I did it Wow blowing bubbles Blow Blow the bubbles So many bubbles I see lots of bubbles Hi Hi Can you wave hi Hi hello Can you wave Good job tickle tickle tickle Tickle tickle tickle tickle tickle Tickle hee So fun i’m gonna tickle you I’m gonna tickle you [Music] So fun i’m gonna give you a kiss on your Tummy Kiss I’m gonna give you a big kiss I love you Are you playing with toys Oh thank you are you showing me thank You so much good job Good job showing a toy There you go Oh showing me again wow Good job Playing with blocks with mommy

Fun with mommy Put it on Put it on Toys So Many Toys Animals Playing with toys walk walk walk Wow they’re on the truck Kiss I love you mommy Uh oh Oh no Oh The blocks fell down uh oh can you say Uh oh dog Dog Puppies Puppies running around Puppy’s sleeping wake up hi puppies Hi Hi Cat Cat Cat Cat Kittens I see two kittens One two Hi kittens So cute Here comes the kitten Walking through the grass

Gentle Gentle with the cat Shh The cat is sleeping Let’s be quiet shh Good job are you walking Wow Doing such a good job Say i did it i did it Good morning Good morning to you Good morning to you good morning dear Baby Good morning to you I’m glad to see you I’m glad to see you Good morning dear baby i’m glad to see You What should we do today Let’s go change your diaper first And then we’ll get dressed and then We’ll go play do you want to play Up Up Picking the baby up Going up Up with daddy [Music] Hi daddy i love you Up Up Climbing up High Down

Down Down Down the slide wee I love you daddy Playing with daddy Having fun with daddy Where are you going where’d you go There you are Playing peek-a-boo Peek-a-boo I see you You were behind the tree Walking [Music] Walking [Music] Good job walking Walking in the leaves Shh The little girl is sleeping Shh Let’s be quiet The little girl is asleep Friends Friends Friends I see two friends one Two Peekaboo I see you [Music] Crib Crib Crib

The baby is in the crib Socks Socks Socks Putting on socks Put on socks Let’s put on your socks Shoes Shoes Shoes He is putting on his shoes all by Himself Putting on shoes Let’s put on your shoes Then we can go outside First shoes then outside First shoes and then go play Get dressed Putting on pants Let’s get dressed and then we can go Play First get dressed then go play Getting dressed Kiss A kiss from mommy Hug Hug Hug Where’s mommy Feekupu i see you where’s mommy Peek-a-boo There she is Peek-a-boo Hug

I love you mom I love you mama Hug Sisters hugging [Music] Big smiles Hug Playground Playground playground Going up The little girl is going up Now she’s gonna go Down the slide Down the slide oh hi Playground Another playground I see a red slide do you see it Books Books Books Reading with mama Stroller Stroller Stroller Pants Pants pants Hat Hat Hat Playing with toys Uh oh Put it on good job you did it Pajamas Pajamas

Pajamas pacifier Pacifier Pacifier Teddy bear Teddy bear Teddy bear Toys Toys Toys Clean up Toys cup Cup Cup Food Food Food Dog Dog Dog Doggy Hi doggie Doggy Cat Cat Cat Blocks Blocks Blocks Diaper Diaper Diaper Car I see a blue car Car i see a red car

Driving the car The little boy is driving the car Wow Race car on a track Going so fast The cars are racing Going so fast I see two cars One Two so many cars Look baby It’s a Truck Do you see it Watching the truck There it is Bye bye Oh there it is again Truck Truck Truck Yellow dump truck Fire truck Bus Bus Bus Train Train Train Train going in a circle Here comes the train Train Bye bye train Here it comes again

Hi train The boy is in the train Riding the Train Boat Boat Boat Doll Rocking the doll I like your doll Is that your doll Wow That’s a nice doll Doll Good job holding your doll Feeding the doll Wow Good job feeding the doll Doll Feeding the doll with a bottle push Pushing Good job Good job pushing Push Plane Plane Plane Letters Letters Letters Peek-a-boo Where’s rachel Peek-a-boo Can you clap

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Clap Wow This is clapping clap Good job Can you get out your two hands one Two Great job Open shut them open shut them give a Little clap clap clap Open shut them open shut them put them In your lap lap lap Creep them crawl them creep them crawl Them right up to your chin Open wide your little mouth But do not let them in That was so silly Hi Can you say hi Hi Can you wave hello Hello Good job Next let’s get out our itsy bitsy spider The itsy bitsy spider went up the water Spout Down came the rain and washed the spider Out Out came the sun and dried up all the Rain and the itsy bitsy spider went up The spout again yay That was so much fun [Music] Ready Set

Go Beautiful bubbles Let’s do the wheels on the bus can you Get out your wheels good job the wheels On the bus go round and round round and Round round and round the wheels on the Bus go round and round all through the Town The horn on the bus goes beep beep beep Beep beep beep beep beep the horn on the Bus goes [Music] Through the beep The wipers on the bus go swish swish Swish swish swish swish swish swish Swish swipers on the bus go swish swish Swish All through the town The doors on the bus go open and shut Open and shut open and shut the doors on The bus go open and shut All through the town The babies on the bus go where where [Music] [Music] On the bus goes [Music] Say i love you i love you i love you the Mommies on the bus say [Music] The money on the bus [Music] The goes the driver on the bus says move On back move on back move on back the

Driver on the bus says move on back all Through the town The people on the bus go up and down up And down up and down the people on the Bus go up and down All through the town Let’s go back to the wheels can you do The wheels again Great job The wheels on the bus go round and round Round and round round and round the Wheels on the bus go round and round all Through the town All [Music] Can you clap that was great i’m pointing To the car I’m pointing to the car I’m pointing to the thing i want i’m Pointing to the car Can you point Good job Pointing to the car i want Give Me Good job where is thumpkin where is Thunkin here i am Here i am How are you today sir very well i thank You run away Run away i’m so happy because you’re Here with me singing Let’s sing if you’re happy and you know It clap your hands

If you’re happy and you know it clap Your hands If you’re happy and you know it clap Your hands If you’re happy and you know it and you Really want to show it if you’re happy And you know it clip your hands If [Music] Stomp your feet [Music] If you’re happy and [Music] If you’re happy and you know it turn Around If you’re happy and you know it and you Really want to show it if you’re happy And you know it turn around If you’re happy and you know it touch Your nose [Music] That was so much fun now it’s our last Time let’s clap our hands again If you’re happy and you know it clap Your hands If you’re happy and you know it clap Your hands If you’re happy and you know it and you [Music] Great job How big is baby so big How big is baby So big Ring around the rosie a pocket full of

Posie Ashes ashes we all fall Down Yay you did it Let’s do it faster Ring around the rosie a vodka full of Posey ashes ashes we all fall Down Good job This is the way we say hello say hello Say hello this is the way we say hello It’s nice to meet you yay This is the sign for milk can you do That Milk I want some milk We ask for milk like this We ask for milk like this When we’re thirsty and need a drink we Ask for milk like this Good job Milk [Music] We ask for more like this we ask for More like this More milk more food we ask for more like This Can you do more More Milk More to eat we asked to eat like this We asked to eat like this When we’re hungry and need a snack we Asked to eat like this

Eat Eat Good job We say that we’re all done we say that We’re all done When our tummy is so full we say that We’re all done All done Ready to play All done eating ready to play he asked To have a change we asked to have a Change when our diaper is so full we Asked to have a change [Music] Do i want this toy No No No No no no i shake my head to say no i Shake my head to say no i shake my head No no no i shake my head to say no Good job Do i want This toy Yeah Yes Yes I want the horse Yeah Yeah I nod my head to say yes i nod my head To say yes i’m on my head to tell you Yeah i nod in my head to say yes Yes

Yeah Good job does elmo want the horse Yeah Yeah Elmo wants the horse Yes This is the sign for mama Mama This is the sign for da da Da da Good job Let’s sing mama Mama Let’s sing dada Da da Let’s sing baby Baby Let’s clap those Mama Dada Baby Yay Can you say Mama mama Can you say mama’s name can you say da Da da da da Can you say daddy’s name we ask for help Like this we ask for help like this When we don’t know what to do we ask for Help like this Help Help help help health this is the sign For open open Open

I give my friend a high five i give my Friend a high five I did it yay you did it hooray i give my Friend a high five High five Yay See the bunny sleeping till it’s nearly Noon Shall we wake them with a merry [Music] Wake up little bunnies [Music] See the bunny sleeping [Music] Wake ups Ding ding ding ding ding that’s the Alarm clock wake up little bunnies Skip little money skip skip skip skip Little bunny skip skip skip skip little [Music] Should we hop again let’s do it Are you ready Time to hop Hop little bunnies [Music] Great job Where’s rachel peek-a-boo So silly pika Pika I see you Okay let’s get into our fire truck are You ready Hurry hurry drive the fire truck hurry Hurry drive the fire truck hurry hurry

Drive the fire truck ding ding ding ding Ding now it’s time to turn the corner [Music] Now it’s time to climb the ladder Hurry hurry climb the ladder hurry hurry Climb the ladder hurry hurry climb the Ladder ding ding ding ding ding Get out the hose we gotta squirt the Water are you ready Hurry hurry squirt the water hurry hurry Squirt We did it we put out the fire great job Now we’re gonna go back to the station Slowly Slowly slowly back to the station slowly Slowly back to the station slowly slowly Back to the station ding ding ding ding Ding Great job firefighters high five Brown bear brown bear what do you see I see a red bird looking at me Red bird red bird what do you see I see a yellow duck looking at me Yellow duck yellow duck what do you see I see a blue horse looking at Me Good filling in Blue horse blue horse what do you see I see a green frog looking at Me good job Green frog green frog what do you I see a purple cat looking at Me good job Purple cat purple cat what do you see

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I see a white dog looking at me White dog white dog what do you I see a black sheep looking at Good job Black sheep black sheep what do you see I see a goldfish looking at Me Good job goldfish goldfish what do you See I see a teacher looking at me Good job Teacher teacher what do you see i see Children looking at Me Yay Children children what do you See We see a brown bear we see a red bird we See a yellow duck and a blue horse we See a green frog A purple cat a white dog a black sheep a Goldfish And a teacher Looking at us that’s what we See Great job singing Wow Next we’re gonna get into our boat so We’re gonna get out our paddles let’s Pretend we’re in a boat did you get out Your paddles And we’re gonna row so nicely and we’re In a nice calm stream what a beautiful Day

Row row your boat gently down the stream Merrily merrily merrily merrily life is But a dream that was so nice and fun This time we’re gonna get in our boats Again but we’re gonna pretend that we See A crocodile are you ready Gently down the street If you see a crocodile don’t forget to Scream That was so fun maybe we should do a Fast food tempo Because we want to get away from that Crocodile you ready [Music] [Music] The more we get together the happier [Music] The more we get together the happier We’ll be Can you try the sign for more [Music] Good job this cow is a mama See here’s the baby Mama Baby Mama Mama this horse has a baby so he’s a dad Dad Dad Get out your five little ducks good job Five little ducks went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said quack quack quack quack

But only four little ducks came back One Two three Four Four little ducks went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said quack quack quack quack But only three little ducks came back One Two three Three little ducks went up one day over The hill and far away Mother duck said quack quack quack quack But only two little ducks came back One Two Two little ducks went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said quack quack quack quack But only one little duck came back Can you show me one just one one finger One little duck went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said quack quack quack quack But none of the five little ducks came Back Mother duck is feeling very Sad Sad mother duck Went out One day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said quack quack quack quack And all of the five little ducks came

Back Yay The duck found its mama Thank you so much I found my mama Yay thank you Give you a kiss I have some food can you say food Food This bowl has food in it it’s full of Food i’m going to eat some food eat This is eating eat Now the food is all gone I’m all done eating the food is all gone And i’m all done all done All done eating food all done Let’s sing pop goes the weasel can you Skip around All around the cobbler’s bench the Monkey chased the weasel the monkey Thought it was all in fun pop goes the Weasel let’s do it again that was so Much fun All around the cobbler’s bench the Monkey chased the weasel the monkey Thought it was all in fun pop goes the Weasel yay Awesome Should we open it let’s see what’s Inside say open Open What’s the surprise oh it’s a yellow Ball Awesome

Throw the ball catch the ball throw the Ball catch the ball Throw catch Throw catch yay I don’t know Can you say that i don’t know Can you do this Shh We have to be quiet because the mouse is Sleeping Copy me Shh The mouse is in this bag should we take It out Yeah Yeah yes okay Take it out The mouse is in its bed shh we have to Be quiet Hello The mouse woke up The mouse woke up let’s take the mouse Out Can you say hi mouse wave hello hi mouse Hi friend the mouse is saying hi to you Hello Can you sing my song sure let’s sing the Mouse’s song Hickory dickory dock The mouse went up the clock The clock struck one can you show me one With your hand one the mouse went down Hickory dickory dock Tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock

Hickory dickory dock let’s sing hickory Dickory dock Yay Hickory dickory dock the mouse went up The clock the clock struck one the mouse Went down hickory dickory dock let’s do It again that was so much fun Let me hear you sing hickory dickory Dock the mouse went up the clock The clock truck one the mouse went down Hickory dickory dock Great job Ah Oh I dropped my toy Can you say uh oh [Music] [Music] Oh [Music] Oh no The pig is going up Up Up Up and on top of rachel’s head That’s so silly So silly Oh no The pig fell down Oink oink i’m okay I like doing that The pig likes it look It’s a yellow Dump truck

Can you say vroom vroom Vroom vroom vroom Wow good job Dump truck Dump truck Beep beep Let’s see what this toy does Turn it on turn it on turn it Ready Set Go We’re gonna get up some yay bubble gum Okay so get out some pretend bubble gum What color is yours Mine’s pink Put it in your mouth And we’re gonna chew it Are you chewing your gum Okay now we’re gonna blow a really big Bubble Are you ready Wow Oh no Our bubble popped and the sticky Bubblegum is all over our hands [Music] Stick to your head And [Music] Stick to your elbows [Music] And you pull them away [Music] Stick to your ears

[Music] Are they on your knees and you pull them And you pull them and you pull them away [Music] [Music] That was so fun [Music] Yay That was so much fun five little monkeys Jumping on the bed one fell off and Bumped his head mama called the doctor And the doctor said No more monkeys jumping on the bed How many are left one two three Four Four little monkeys jumping on the bed One fell off and bumped his head mama Called the doctor and the doctor said no More monkeys jumping on the bed how many Are left count with me one two three Three little monkeys jumping on the bed One fell off and bumped his head mama Called the doctor and the doctor said No more monkeys jumping on the bed how Many are left one two Two little monkeys jumping on the bed One fell off and bumped his head mama Called the doctor and the doctor said no More monkeys jumping on the bed how many Are left just one little monkey one Little monkey jumping on the bed he fell Off and bumped his head Mama called the doctor and the doctor Said no more monkeys jumping on the bed

Great job telling me to get those Monkeys to stop jumping on the bed say No monkeys no Don’t jump on the bed shake your head no No no no Sing old macdonald had a farm Old macdonald had a farm e-i-e-i-o And on that farm he had a horse E-i-e-i-o With a neigh neigh here and a neigh I wonder what animal will be next Old macdonald had a farm e Old macdonald had a farm e-i-e-i-o What’s next It’s a pig Old macdonald had a farm e-i-e-i-o And on that farm he had a pig e-i-e-i-o With an oink oink here and an anoint Going there here annoying fahrenheit Everywhere an oink oink old macdonald Had a farm e-i-e-i-o I hear a chicken Old macdonald had a farm e-i-e-i-o And on that farm he had a chicken E-i-e-i-o With a clock clock here and a quack Cluck there here a cluck there clock Everywhere a cluck cluck old macdonald Had a farm E-i-e-i-o Oh how cute a little sheep Old macdonald had a farm E-i-e-i-o and on that farm he had a Sheep e-i-e-i-o

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[Music] What says quack Old macdonald had a farm E-i-e-i-o And on that farm he had a duck E-i-e-i-o With a quack quack here and a quack Quack there here a quack there quack Everywhere a quack quack old macdonald [Music] Yay Great job singing old macdonald Patty cake patty cake baker’s man bake Me a cake as fast as you can pat it Roll it and mark it with the bee And put it in the oven for baby and me What’s that sound What animal makes that sound You’re right a dog Oh Hi it’s our friend bingo hmm Bingo what’s wrong you look sad I’m sad because i forgot how to spell my Name oh We can help you do you guys at home Think you can help bingo remember how to Spell his name can you help Yeah i bet if we sing the song bingo You’ll remember okay There was a farmer who had a dog and Bingo was his name-o b-i-n-g-o B-i-n-g-o b-i-n-g-o And bingo was his name-o this time let’s Clap for the b

There was a farmer who had a dog and Bingo was his name-o I-n-g-o I-n-g-o I-n-g-o and bingo was his name-o Now he clapped for the b and the i There was a farmer who had a dog and Bingo was his name-o N-g-o N-g-o Ngo and bingo was his name-o now for the B-i-n you ready There was a farmer had a dog and bingo Was his name-o [Music] There was a farmer had a dog and bingo Was [Music] Now we’re gonna do it for all the Letters it’s gonna be so tricky do you Think you can do it i know you can There was a farmer who had a dog and Bingo was his name-o And bingo was his name-o [Music] And bingo was his name-o Yay You guys did an amazing job Thank you thank you so much do you Remember how to spell your name now i Know Yay thank you Thank you so much thank you Let’s get out one little blue fish are

You ready One little blue fish swimming in the Water one little blue fish swimming in The water one little blue fish swimming In the water bubble bubble bubble bubble Pop that was fun let’s get out two Little red fish Two little red fish swimming in the Water two little red fish swimming in The water two little red fish swimming In the water bubble bubble bubble pop Wow let’s get three yellow fish Three little yellow fish swimming in the Water three little yellow fish swimming In the water three little yellow fish Swimming in the water bubble bubble Bubble pop how about four green fish i’m Excited Four little green fish swimming in the Water four little green fish swimming in The water four little green fish Swimming in the water bubble bubble Bubble bubble pop Now let’s do five rainbow fish Five little rainbow fish swimming in the Water five little rainbow fish swimming In the water five little rainbow fish Swimming in the water bubble bubble Bubble bubble pop Wow great job Let’s pretend that we have a little lamb Mary had a little lamb Lamb little man Mary had a little limp whose face was

White as snow Let’s dance and sing that song again Can you Dance good job Mary had a little man Little man Little lamb mary had a little lamb whose Fleece was white as snow Beautiful Let’s get a steady beat going One Two Buckle my shoe three Four shut the door Five six pick up sticks Seven Eight Lay them straight nine ten Do it again yay let’s do it again One two Buckle my shoe three Four shut the door Five six Pick up six seven Eight lay them straight Nine ten a big red hand Great job [Music] B c d e f g H i j k l m n o p Q r s T u v W X

Y and z Now i know my Abcs next time won’t you sing with me [Music] A b c d e f g H i j k l m n o p Q r s T u v W X Y and z Now i know my abcs Next time won’t you sing with me [Music] Five little hot dogs frying in a pan the Crease got hot and one went damn How many are left one two three four Four little hot dogs frying in a pan the Grease got hot and one went damn How many are left one two three Three little hot dogs frying in a van The grease got hot and one went damn How many left one two Two little hot dogs frying in a pan the Grease got hot and one went damn How many left just one little hot dog One little hot dog frying in a pan the Grease got hot and one went damn How many are left there’s no hot dogs Left and i’m so hungry okay so this time We’re gonna do it with the pan going bam And it’s gonna be the biggest fan yet No little hot dogs frying in a pan the Pan got hot and it went bam

Great job One two three four five once i caught a Fish alive six seven eight nine ten then I let it go again why did you let it go Because it bit my finger so Which finger did it bite this little Finger on my right Let’s sing it again let me hear you sing In your nice loud voice One two three four five once i caught a Fish alive six seven eight nine ten then I let it go again why did you let it go Because it bit my finger so which finger Did it bite this little finger on my Right great job Let’s put a band-aid on our finger let’s Pretend Now it feels better This is the way we drive the car drive The car drive the car this is the way we Drive the car every single day [Music] Let’s do it really fast This is the way we drive the car drive The car drive the car this is the way we Drive the car every single day That was so fast now let’s drive the car Slow This is the way we drive the car Drive the car drive the car This is the way we drive the car Every single day That was so slow Great job driving the car with me this

Is big big big this small small small This is short short short this is tall Tall tall this is fast fast fast this is Slow slow slow This is yes yes yes this is no no no Clean up clean up everybody everywhere Cleaned up clean up everybody do your Share Let’s try it again Clean up clean up everybody everywhere Clean up clean up everybody do your Share [Music] Wind the bobbin up wind Up pull Pull Clap clap clap Wind [Music] Point to the ceiling point to the floor Point to the window point to the door Put your hands together one two three Put your hands upon your knees [Music] Point to the ceiling point to [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Clap clap clap great job It’s time to say goodbye can you wave Bye bye but we’ll see you again real Soon

Bye bye friends Bye bye friends bye bye friends we’ll See you again Real soon Bye bye Thanks for singing with me you sounded Beautiful You

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About the Author: Irene Jones

I was a teacher in the Philadelphia Public School System for over 20 years. I love teaching preschoolers and watching them progress from wide eyed blank slates to being able to read and write. The pride they enjoy from advancing their abilities and seeing their imagination grow is the greatest reward a teacher can receive.