Linguistic
5 winter activities for kids
Key points: Reading winter-themed books with touch and feel elements is a great way to expose 1-2 year olds to the season. Activities…
Molly Dresner
12/12/2018
Discover the key milestones of physical, cognitive, linguistic and socio-affective child development and understand the science behind child development.
Discover the key milestones of physical, cognitive, linguistic and socio-affective child development and understand the science behind child development.
Key points: Reading winter-themed books with touch and feel elements is a great way to expose 1-2 year olds to the season. Activities…
Key points: Nature walks are a fun way to get children to practice mindfulness and observe their surroundings, and can be turned into…
Key points: MIT’s research supports the idea that back-and-forth conversation with parents helps foster children’s communication skills and brain response to language. A…
Key points: 1. Environment and attentional abilities impact language development. 2. Attentional abilities progress from face-to-face to including objects, aiding language acquisition. 3….
Key points: 1. Limit screen time for kids (2-5 years). 2. Pack appropriate entertainment for the trip. 3. Engage in word games to…
Key points: 1. Children’s involvement in household cleaning promotes empathy and social connections. 2. Providing kids with their own cleaning tools makes cleaning…
Key points: Begin reading to your baby early with short and simple books, focusing on one concept at a time to match their…
Key points: Pragmatics, or social communication rules, are vital for effective language use. Teach them the importance of nonverbal communication and understanding facial…
Key points: As your child’s pronunciation improves, it becomes easier for others to understand them. This milestone is reached gradually and varies for…
Key points: Plural form of a noun indicates that we are talking about more than one person or object. Regular plural involves adding…
Key points: Pronouns are words that replace specific nouns and give information about gender or number. There are different types of pronouns, subjective…
Key points: Meaningful conversations involve a back and forth exchange between two or more people. Having meaningful conversations with your child builds their…
Key points: Girls have superior linguistic skills compared to boys. Girls rely on different parts of the brain to complete language tasks compared…
There was probably a point in which you were the only one that could decipher what your little one was trying to say…
Key Points: As your preschooler’s vocabulary expands, their ability to understand more complex language and longer sentences increases. Getting your child’s attention is…
Key points: The quality of interactions between parents and children is more important than the number of words children hear for language development….
Key points: Children typically begin using verbs or action words in their second year of life, which is an important milestone for language…
Key points: A child’s vocabulary is directly related to later academic success. By age two, children’s vocabulary expands significantly, reaching up to fifty…
Key points: Children may have difficulty pronouncing certain sounds as they develop their language skills. Most children learn to pronounce all word sounds…
Key points: Children can learn to speak more than one language at the same time, and being bilingual has many advantages such as…
Key points: Language skills start developing from birth through everyday interactions with caregivers. Talking with children during daily routines and encouraging them to…
