Child Development
Child development provides parents with information on physical, mental and emotional growth and development in children. Child development information can help parents know when they are expecting too much from a child as well as become aware of lags in development that may benefit from professional help.
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Each child grows in language ability in a unique way. The process starts before birth with the development of sensory organs. Parents play an important role in a child’s growth and mastery of language.
Perceptions gained through life experiences serve as the base for future learning of words and speech. Babbling, sound making, and imitation occur, and first words appear.
A number of related factors influence a child’s language acquisition. Most children progress through a series of language ability stages and milestones at about the same ages and become adult-like speakers during the preschool period. The way children learn language is not clearly understood, and so there are a number of differing theories of language acquisition.
Early in life, infants and parents form reciprocal relationship reacting in special ways to each other. The quality and quantity of parental attention becomes an important factor in language development.
The child progresses from receiving to sending language, which is accompanied by gestures and nonverbal communication. From infancy, the child is an active participant, edging closer to the two-way process required in language usage and verbal communication.
Staff members in infant-care programs can possess interaction skills that offer infants optimum opportunities for speech development.
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