it is often through repetition and practice that they learn. for example, when my daughter first looked like she was going to walk, my wife and i were very excited. we did not however, sit her on a chair, explain to her the principle of walking, walk across to the other side of the room and say “come on, get up, walk” and then get annoyed when she fell flat on her face. this may sound obvious. i hope it does.
so what did we do? support, encourage, help and guide. this meant that before she could walk, in fact before she had even considered walking, we would help her stand 