## When Your One-Year-Old Learns the Schema for Trucks
Here’s the thing: toddlers are relentless learners. And sometimes, that curiosity hits a weirdly specific topic. They don’t just babble and stack blocks—they study the world like tiny scientists. Like trucks Worth knowing..
Ainsley, my one-year-old niece, recently discovered something fascinating. While most kids her age are obsessed with “bye-bye” cars or toy dump trucks, Ainsley locked onto real trucks. Not the plastic ones in her toy box, but the massive, rumbling giants she saw zooming past her stroller. She’d stare at them, point, and babble. “Truck! Here's the thing — truck! ” Then, one day, she did something that made my jaw drop. She started mimicking the sound of a truck engine.