Importance of Language Development in Early Childhood
Sharmila Bhanu Tirukovela
Teacher Performance Coach | Parent Coach | Career Coach | Certified Child Psychologist| NLP & Mindfulness Practitioner | Happiness Ambassador | School Audit Specialist | K12 Learning Designer | Public Speaker
Importance of Language Development in Early Childhood
Introduction
Talking with your child is an important part of their development. It helps them develop their language skills, as well as encourage them to interact more with others. The best time to talk with your child is when they are between 18 months and 3 years old. By this age, children have learned some basic vocabulary words and can understand what you're saying better than before; however, they still might not be able to speak back yet!
The Importance of Language Development in Early Childhood
The first critical step in a child’s development is to learn how to speak. It is important for children to develop their language skills as they grow older because this helps them communicate with others and understand what they are saying. The ability to speak effectively also has a positive impact on children's self-esteem, which can make it easier for them to feel good about themselves and their abilities.
What is language development?
Language development is the process of learning to use language. It involves the understanding and use of words, phrases, and sentences in order to communicate with others.
Language development is not just about speaking; it also includes reading (the ability to understand what you read), writing (the ability to write something down), listening comprehension skills (the ability to understand what someone else says), spelling/math skills, echolalia (repeating words or phrases back in your own voice) and other ways that children learn how they need some level of independence while still being able to ask questions or make requests if needed.
How to encourage language development in early childhood?
The first step to encouraging language development in early childhood is to talk with your child. You can ask them questions about their day, or even ask them what they think about the topic at hand. For example, if you are reading a book together and discussing the characters' personalities and traits, encourage your child to tell you more about those characters.
It's also important that you make sure that your child feels safe and secure around other people—including other children! In order for this process of learning new words go smoothly, it's important not only physically but emotionally as well: make sure that there aren't any threats present (like guns), or anything else negative happening at all times (like being scared). This will help keep up their confidence levels so that when something does happen during our conversations later on down the road--such as when I asked him what he thought about my favorite animal/object today--he'll feel comfortable enough talking back without feeling embarrassed or worried about looking stupid!
The importance of talking with your children
The importance of talking with your children can not be underestimated. Talking with your children helps them learn language, it helps them learn about the world and themselves, it also helps them understand others and their place in this world. Because we are aware of the importance of talking to our children, we have taken steps to make sure that they have access to quality language development opportunities from birth through adolescence.
What is the best age to talk with your children?
Talking with your children is one of the most important things you can do for them.
The best age to talk with your child is when they are young (1-2 years old).
When you talk with your child, it’s important that you use language that is appropriate for them. You should also make sure that what you say makes sense and doesn’t confuse or frustrate them. If a toddler asks “what does this mean?” then tell her “this means this!” instead of saying “that's a dumb thing to say!”
Talking with young children helps their language develop and their future growth.
Talking with young children helps their language develop and their future growth.
Talking to your child is important because it helps them develop their vocabulary, understand the world around them and communicate with others. It is also an opportunity for you to provide a safe environment in which they can explore their feelings, express themselves freely and respond appropriately to what they are told.
Conclusion
Talking with young children helps their language develop and their future growth. You can start talking to your child as soon as they are born and continue throughout their life. I hope these tips have given you some insight into the importance of language development in early childhood, so that you can talk to your children at every age!