Thursday, August 9, 2007

Children and Language

Children and Language


I have a friend that whenever he was taking a long drive, would take plastic eggs with rice or something inside of them and use them to shake them to the beat of a song on the radio. It would keep him attentive and awake. Children can take these same great tools and learn rthymn and beat. It can keep them attentive and awake when learning language.
start to connect with rhythm, rhyme and beat.

Our egg shakers do a great job of allowing children to listen for rhythm and beat and try to match it while shaking eggs. They will love this activity and the great thing is that will not fall apart and they will not be tempted to open them. These are a great tool for developing a relationship between
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When connecting with the beat of a song or of words, children will start to find syllables. They will start to hear the rhythm of language and then in turn begin to develop their vocabulary. They will fill comfortable with syllables and therefore feel a bit more comfortable with spelling and sounding out words.

are an important connection and we see them striving to work for communication with the world when they are very small through crying. As a child gets older they will continue to find ways to connect or communicate with the world and will start to use the language that others are using around them.

Do not be afraid to speak big words or words that have a lot of syllables around children. They will pick it up and you will find that not only are they not afraid of language but find it fun and challenging. Enable them to be comfortable with syllables and rhythm and you will find they will be comfortable with language too.
is not something you should be afraid of either, enjoy watching how it all develops! A little deliberate selection of toys and opportunities to learn will do wonders. Who knows you may learn something too!

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