🌳Family Tree

Every baby's family looks different — grandparents, two moms, two dads, one parent, a big blended crew. These are the words for the people who show up and love your baby, whoever they are. Chinese kinship terms differ enough between northern and southern China that this activity carries both vocab sets — use the toggle above the tree to switch.

At 3-6 months babies are refining face recognition and starting to distinguish familiar caregivers from strangers; consistently naming who's who while making eye contact builds an early link between a face and a word — and pairing it with warm affection teaches that love has a sound before it has meaning.