Child Development: Your Guide to the First Five Years part 9 - Language

Nursery World, 24 July 2008

How language begins with sounds, which acquire meaning through the accompaniment of actions in an exchange between infants and adults, is a journey described by Maria Robinson.

The previous article in this series considered the power of non-verbal communication. But spoken language is the gateway through which we enter a different world of knowledge and understanding. It is through our words that we express our thoughts, feelings, hopes and ideas and learn about the thoughts, feelings and hopes of others - not only by what we actually say to one another, but through poetry, prose and song. Without words we...

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