Beginning in infancy, one of the major cultural tasks for children is to develop competence in and understanding of language. Language does not consist only of words, sentences, and stories; it includes the language of gestures, facial expressions, images, art, dance, mathematics, movement, rhythm, and music.
Communication skills and literacy development play an essential role in all domains of learning.
Between birth and age three, children begin communicating through sounds, gestures and emotions and move to convey ideas, thoughts and feelings through beginning language.
Assist Learners by building on what the young child may already know in his/her primary language.
An environment filled with spoken and printed language supports building children’s language skills.
Typically when very young children are surrounded by people talking or who talk with them, they begin to repeat what they hear and imitate conversations. Early language and literacy experiences are the building blocks for life-long learning.