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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Language development - Social skills

Language plays an important role in brain development during the first three years . It is very important that you help your toddler to learn how to express his needs and wants ,this is called expressive language; Your toddler is three years and six months she should be able to : answer why questions ,if you ask where are  doing she should be able to respond "I am doing...." Do you like it and why,How does it taste,What you you like for breakfast,what is your name/your mother's name etc
How does it taste? Where are you going ? How do you feel ?What is your favorite part of the story ?

If your toddler is not able to respond to these questions .You should begin to help her by engaging her into these kinds of conversations. The ability to communicate is one of the most important skills that toddler needs in order to be ready for kindergarten . You should have been giving your toddler vocabulary form the start  because in order to communicate you need to have words and then learn the action that goes with it .Once your toddler understands the words then they will be able to use them in sentences. Language development is the pre-reading stage. Having language helps the toddler to self-regulate which reduces anxiety and frustration.
Many toddlers  are being suspended from pre-school  and one of the reason may be the lack of language skills????

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