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Preschool Language Development 2
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Preschool Language Development
Birth to Age 5
Birth to 2 years
Encourage your baby to make vowel-like and consonant-vowel sounds such as "ma," "da," and "ba."
Identify colors and Count items.
Read to your child. Sometimes "reading" is simply describing the pictures in a book without following the written words. Choose books that are sturdy and have large colorful pictures that are not too detailed. Ask your child, "What's this?" and encourage naming and pointing to familiar
4 to 6 YEARS
- Make sure that you have your child's attention before you speak.
- Acknowledge, encourage, and praise all attempts to speak. Show that you understand the word or phrase by fulfilling the request, if appropriate.
- Talk about spatial relationships (first, middle, and last; right and left) and opposites (up and down; on and off). 4 on forming and explaining categories. Identify the thing that does not belong in a group of similar objects: "A shoe does not belong with an apple and an orange because you can't eat it; it is not round; it is not a fruit.” Help your child follow
2 TO 4 YEARS
- Use good speech that is clear and simple for your child to model.
- Help your child understand and ask questions. Play the yes-no game. Ask questions such as "Are you a boy?" "Are you Marty?" "Can a pig fly?" Encourage your child to make up questions and try to fool you.
- Expand vocabulary. Name body parts, and identify what you do with them. "This is my nose. I can smell flowers, brownies, popcorn, and soap."
Language difference and a
language disorder
With a language
difference, communication behaviors
meet the norms of the primary speech
community but do not meet the norms of
Standard English
Language disorder is a communication
Preschool Language
Development
Ag
es
AGES
5+
Not understood by others
Cannot tell a story
Has Difficulty following instructions
Talks excessively, but has poor conversation skills and often misses
Does not understand what is being spoken to them.
Not understood by strangers
Close relatives only understand 50% of speech
Ag
es
Speaks in two-word sentences
Does not understand simple commands.
Age
s
Little interaction
Unable to speak more than 50 words.
Does not respond to speech
Stalled language or backwards in
Hasn’t Babbled or
made Gestures
Not responding to
speech or sound
Importance of
early intervention
Treating communication and language difficulties
early can prevent potential problems that may
occur. You may see behavior, learning, reading
and social concerns. Recent research on brain
development reminds us that “earlier IS better”
when teaching young children. By the time the
child reaches age 3, most of the major brain
structures are mature, and it then becomes more
Age
s
Red
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Preschool Language Development 2
Course: Education Foundations (D097)
226 Documents
Students shared 226 documents in this course
University: Western Governors University
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Preschool Language Development
Birth to Age 5
Birth to 2 years
1. Encourage your baby to
make vowel-like and
consonant-vowel sounds
such as "ma," "da," and
"ba."
2. Identify colors and
Count items.
3. Read to your child.
Sometimes "reading" is
simply describing the
pictures in a book without
following the written
words. Choose books that
are sturdy and have large
colorful pictures that are
not too detailed. Ask your
child, "What's this?" and
encourage naming and
pointing to familiar
4 to 6 YEARS
1. Make sure that you have
your child's attention before
you speak.
2. Acknowledge, encourage,
and praise all attempts to
speak. Show that you
understand the word or
phrase by fulfilling the
request, if appropriate.
3. Talk about spatial
relationships (first, middle,
and last; right and left) and
opposites (up and down; on
and off).
4.Work on forming and
explaining categories.
Identify the thing that does
not belong in a group of
similar objects: "A shoe does
not belong with an apple and
an orange because you can't
eat it; it is not round; it is not
a fruit.” Help your child follow
2 TO 4 YEARS
1. Use good speech that is
clear and simple for your
child to model.
2. Help your child
understand and ask
questions. Play the yes-no
game. Ask questions such
as "Are you a boy?" "Are
you Marty?" "Can a pig
fly?" Encourage your child
to make up questions and
try to fool you.
3. Expand vocabulary.
Name body parts, and
identify what you do with
them. "This is my nose. I
can smell flowers,
brownies, popcorn, and
soap."
