Session 3

Session 3: Language Development

 

Introduction

 

Some toddlers speak very clearly. Other toddlers are difficult to understand. Is this normal?

 

Many of the three-year-olds in your child care say “I goned,” “We wented,” and “the fishes.” How should you respond?

 

You have just been offered a position in the infant room of the child care centre. How do you promote the language development of children that young?

 

Session 3 focuses on children’s language development in the first six years. You will learn how you, as a child care provider, can promote the language development of children in your care. Children’s language development involves their increasing ability to express themselves through words and sentences. Remarkable changes occur between the time of infant gurgling and a preschooler’s clear sentences.

 

Getting Focused Activity: What I Already Know About Language Development

 

Directions

 

Complete Getting Focused Activity: What I Already Know About Language Development.

 

 

Checking In

 

 

 

Save your completed learning activity in the appropriate sub-folder of your course folder.

 

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