Toddler Language Development
Language is a set of linguistic signs, abstractions that help us express our thoughts. It helps us communicate, but the development of a child’s language is a long and complex process. The baby starts quickly after birth on the river, and by the first birthday, most children have said their first word. Today, we take a closer look at this process that begins in early childhood.
The development of a young child’s language
From birth to six months
Before learning the language, the baby learns to distinguish sounds and pay attention to them. During the first months of life, the child gradually begins:
- Turns his head towards the sound
- Respond to changes in tone
- Listen to music carefully
By the age of six months, most children recognize the basic sounds of their mother’s language. At this point, children also begin to joke, laugh, and produce speech-like sounds.
Half a year to a year
When a child is able to recognize and produce sounds in a consistent way, his or her communication skills become more and more skillful. A child aged 6-12 months knows the following:
- Listening to others talking to him
- Understands frequently used and common words
- Answer verbal questions
- There are long and short sounds
- Jokelta to attract another person’s attention
- Communicate with gestures
- Imitates certain sounds of speech
- Uses language to ask for things or, for example, to express their feelings
- Says his first words
From two to two years
The child’s phonological processes develop after the first year of age. The child begins to produce more accurate sounds and more words. He gradually learns to change his speech depending on the context and to maintain conversations. During this phase, your baby will learn the following:
- Understand simple questions
- Enjoys stories and songs
- Constantly expanding its vocabulary
- Asks questions and forms simple sentences
- Uses language to obtain and transmit information
From two to three years
At the age of 2-3, the child continues to learn the language and improve their language skills. He learns to form his first complex sentences. At this stage of development, the child knows the following:
- Uses words in almost all situations
- Develops stories
- Uses the correct time formats
- Speak so that family members and others close to you understand his or her speech
- Name the objects
The role of the family in the child’s language development
Parents are the child’s first teachers, and the family plays a major role in the child’s language development. A child learns to communicate better when his or her family and home are full of pictures, sounds, and conversations.
In this sense, it is good for parents to stimulate their child’s language development and thus enhance learning and cognitive development. To this end, they should:
- Uses both abstract and precise language
- Start conversations that are not related to home affairs
- Allows the child to participate in discussions and use language for a variety of activities related to the expression of basic needs
In this way, by the beginning of preschool, the child is able to use the language in most of the situations that require reacting to the environment, attitudes and identification. This is also a key factor in achieving good school success.
