In this article, we will Explain the Characteristics of Early Childhood. Discuss Linguistic Development in Early Childhood.
Linguistic Development in Early Childhood are discussed below:
Proper language development is the main concern in early childhood. Language is the only powerful tool to enhance the ability of cognitive development. Unclear communication may create hazards for the development of a child. A good language always allows the child to communicate/interact with other persons and solve their problems. Children can demonstrate some basic understanding of less concrete concepts, including time and money at the end of age seven. Though, the eight-year-old still reasons in concrete ways and has difficulty understanding abstract ideas.
Discuss the Factors and Areas involved in the Growth and Development of a Child.
Elucidate the Role of Peer Group in Social Development during Childhood.
- Beginning the first three years of life, children develop a spoken vocabulary of between 300 and 1,000 words. They can use language to learn about and describe the world around them.
- A child’s vocabulary will grow to approximately 1,500 words by age five. Five-year-olds are also able to produce five-to seven-word sentences, learn to use the past tense, and tell familiar stories using pictures as cues.
- A child can learn consonants that are to be mastered: f, v, sh, zh, th, 1 at the age of six years.
Describe the Characteristics and Identification of Learning Disability.
Discuss the Challenges of Late Adulthood.
- They should develop the concept and their speech should be completely intelligible and socially useful at the age of seven. Children at this age should be able to tell others a well-connected story about a picture seeing the relationships between objects and happenings.
- At the age of seven years, a child masters the consonants s-z, r, voiceless th, ch, wh, and the soft g as in George. They should be able to handle easily opposite analogies: girl-boy, man-woman, blunt-sharp, flies-swims, short-long, sweet-sour, etc. They must be able to understand such terms as alike beginning, end, different, etc. In addition, children should be able to tell time to quarter-hour and do simple reading and write many words at this age.
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