Speech and Language
Development.
HOW CHILDREN LEARN TO SPEAK
Children develop their learning and
language skills by engaging with
parents, by listening stories and
when parents try to communicate
with them by using their language.
Parents need to pay proper
attention towards children when
their child start learning and make
consult with doctor regarding help
when their child need extra efforts
and help for speaking language.
Children start making sounds like
“oo oo oo” “mmm mmm” when
start growing and do conversation
with their parents or other peers.
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 Engage in a conversation
by talking to your baby
 Pause after you say
something so that he has
time to process your words
and "respond"
 Use different tones and
syllables when you talk so
that he will try to imitate
you and learn new sounds
WHEN CHILDREN
START
DEVELOPING
LANGUAGE
SKILLS.
Infants first way to
communicate with
parents by crying or by
making sounds.
Babbling is an important
milestone because it
represents the beginning
of real communication
when children start
giving reaction and try to
make different sounds.
When infant learn some
words or sounds, they
repeat that sounds daily
and start experimenting
with sounds, listening for
a reaction, responding
and building
relationships.
Language Development According to Age Group
Age (0-3 Months)
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Age (0-3 Months)

 Smile when you appear in front of child.

 Make "Hooing" sounds. USE WORDS FOR INFANTS FOR
 Smile when speak to your child. DEVELOPING THEIR SPEAKING SKILLS.
 Child will start recognize your voice.
 Cry for different needs in front of you. ENGAGING IN CONVERSATION.

USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORDS.

Age (3-6 Months) LABEL EVERYTHING TO CHILDREM BY

USING NAMES AND OBJECTS.
 Make gurgling sounds when playing with you. USING PICTURE BOOKS TO ENGAGE
 Babble and make sounds. CHILDREN.
 Use voice to express feelings.
 Movement of eyes in the direction of sounds. PROVIDE OBJECTS THAT SPARK
CONERSATION.
 Respond to changes in the tone of your voice.
 Notice that sound when play with toys and smile. ENGAGING IN MUSICAL ACTIVITIES.
 Pay attention to music and voice clearly.
USING GESTURES OR SIGNS FOR USING
WORDS.

Age (6-12 Months)

 Try imitating speech sounds.

 Say a few words, such as "dada," "mama" or other words.
 Recognize words for common items, such as "book" or something else.
 Turn and look in the direction of sounds.
Age (12-18 Months)

 Recognize names of familiar people or related to toys.

 Follow simple directions by parents.
 Say as many as words you can.
 Use simple phrases, such as "more milk" or say “dada”, “mama”.
 Try to communicate with children as much as you can.

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LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Toronto Public Health: It is an organization which provides an assistance and information to the parents and
to those who take care of children to improve the language barriers among children.
Address: 225 Duncan Mill Rd Suite 201
Toronto, ON
M3B3K9
Telephone: 416-338-0025

Article for more information; There is an article “Baby speech Development from birth to 18 months” retrieved
from https://www.parenting.com/article/baby-speech-development with milestones where parents can go
and check how babies use some sounds in the starting and how it is changed within the period by adding more
words into their vocabulary.

The Interactionist Approaches

They suggest that language development is produced through a combination of genetically determined
predispositions and environmental circumstances that help teach language.

Different factors play different roles at different age of children for the proper development.
Article for more information; There is an article “The Interactionist Approaches” Retrieved from
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=574021659351062&set=vh with explanation related to language
development of children where parents can check how infants can interact and develop their language skills.
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