An infant listens and responds to sounds and voices in his environment. Saying intelligible words is, in fact, crucial to developing the third step. The final level in language development is one that we all refine all our lives. At this level we express ourselves in writing . The activities related to this page impact both reading and writing, but at this point we still do not necessarily want the child to see words in print.
Early childhood is the time for playing with language.
Word play will increase proficiency as the youngster acquires prereading skills. When the child has a concept of what a word is, then he can continue language development by using those words in sentences. He must learn that a sentence is a grouping of words which conveys a particular meaning. Each sounds like one word to the child, but is really one of the phrases, have to , going to , and come here . To help your child become a reader, help him separate the words in sentences.