Language Development Troubles Kids Face, and the Way Out
It's a question every parent has - of all the kinds of input that children need to actually become great readers which are the most essential? There is a certain stage in a child's language development where she understands three things about reading.
They are, the understanding that reading is for the meaning contained in words, that one needs to know the alphabet for this, and that one needs to quickly be able to read so that one is able to put the words they know together to form meaning.
Some children start out at school with such complete language development that they have all these principles down pat.
When a child doesn't come ready with this level of development though, parents and teachers together have to show the child that letters are actually small pieces of sound; that you need to put letters together to make the fluid evolving sound happen that is called a word, and how would mean something.
One important way a child will achieve this milestone in her language development is by being exposed to an environment where easily understandable language is available everywhere.
Parents keep hearing this buzzword about a "language-rich environment", and are often never really told what exactly that is.
Your home is a language rich environment if there are all kinds of ways there in which the printed word can be used and shown to a child in a playful and happy way she can understand.
A good way to help a child gain from a language-rich environment would be to ask the child questions about things being read to her.
For instance, once you've finished reading her her story, you can ask open-ended questions that would require her to really mind whenever she heard.
Instead of asking specific questions like"How long was Rapunzel's hair?", you can ask her question like, "Did Rapunzel really love the Prince?".
Children who have trouble with the reading part of their language development To help with this, they could try to pick out words written around them, in the most unexpected times and places.
What the letters on a cookie say for instance, could be of especial interest.
The lettering on a child's toy that declares its brand, value and quality could be of special interest.
Most children would have their language development benefit greatly if they are exposed to these principles as early as at two years old.
Labeling all the items they use at home, writing the names of their friends and siblings on a poster on the wall, among other things, will really help.
And in the end of course, talking helps like nothing else can.
Children who have parents who talk to them about all kinds of things, not just kids' stuff, seldom have obstacles presented to them in their language development.
They are, the understanding that reading is for the meaning contained in words, that one needs to know the alphabet for this, and that one needs to quickly be able to read so that one is able to put the words they know together to form meaning.
Some children start out at school with such complete language development that they have all these principles down pat.
When a child doesn't come ready with this level of development though, parents and teachers together have to show the child that letters are actually small pieces of sound; that you need to put letters together to make the fluid evolving sound happen that is called a word, and how would mean something.
One important way a child will achieve this milestone in her language development is by being exposed to an environment where easily understandable language is available everywhere.
Parents keep hearing this buzzword about a "language-rich environment", and are often never really told what exactly that is.
Your home is a language rich environment if there are all kinds of ways there in which the printed word can be used and shown to a child in a playful and happy way she can understand.
A good way to help a child gain from a language-rich environment would be to ask the child questions about things being read to her.
For instance, once you've finished reading her her story, you can ask open-ended questions that would require her to really mind whenever she heard.
Instead of asking specific questions like"How long was Rapunzel's hair?", you can ask her question like, "Did Rapunzel really love the Prince?".
Children who have trouble with the reading part of their language development To help with this, they could try to pick out words written around them, in the most unexpected times and places.
What the letters on a cookie say for instance, could be of especial interest.
The lettering on a child's toy that declares its brand, value and quality could be of special interest.
Most children would have their language development benefit greatly if they are exposed to these principles as early as at two years old.
Labeling all the items they use at home, writing the names of their friends and siblings on a poster on the wall, among other things, will really help.
And in the end of course, talking helps like nothing else can.
Children who have parents who talk to them about all kinds of things, not just kids' stuff, seldom have obstacles presented to them in their language development.