Language development is stressed in our Early Stimulation Unit. At Jabneh Christian Academy, we believe that we must deliberately engage in this aspect of our icons’ development since it supports :
- their ability to community, express and understand feelings;
- thinking and problem-solving;
- the developing and maintaining of relationship;
- the process of learning and enjoying language which is a critical step towards literacy;
Three to four-year-old children usually can do the following:
- understand most of what they hear
- converse
- have 900 to 1,000-word vocabularies, with verbs starting to predominate
- usually talk without repeating syllables or words
- use pronouns correctly
- use three to six-word sentences
- ask questions
- relate experiences and activities
- tell stories
Language skills usually blossom between four and five years of age. Children of this age can do the following:
- verbalize extensively
- communicate easily with other children and adults
- articulate most English sounds correctly
- know 1,500 to 2,500 words
- use detailed six to eight-word sentences
- can repeat four-syllable words
- use at least four prepositions
- tell stories that stay on topic
- can answer questions about stories
Read more: http://www.healthofchildren.com/L/Language-Development.html#ixzz4Wpmn6JTm
we are encouraging you to be an active participant in the development of language by trying these few strategies:
- talk with your child;
- respond to your child;
- engage in everyday talk ( talk about their day);
- introduce new words.
- have your child picture read to you.
- read to and with your child.
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