Language and Communication Development in Early Years

UNIT-14

Table of Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
Activity One.....................................................................................................................................4
Stages of language and communication development.................................................................4
1.3 Current scientific research relating to neurological and brain development in early years...6
1.4 Current scientific research relating to neurological and brain development in early years
influences practice in early years settings....................................................................................7
2.1 Theoretical perspectives in relation to cognitive development..............................................7
2.2 Theoretical perspectives in relation to cognitive development impact on current
framework....................................................................................................................................8
1.2 Theoretical perspectives in relation to speech, language and communication development
and its current framework............................................................................................................8
1.3 Theoretical perspectives in relation to personal, social and emotional development and its
current framework........................................................................................................................9
2.1 Theoretical perspectives in relation to physical development-............................................10
2.2 Theoretical perspectives in relation to physical development inform current frameworks. 10
2.1 Theoretical perspectives in relation to personal, social and emotional development..........11
2.2 Theoretical perspectives in relation to personal, social and emotional development inform
current frameworks....................................................................................................................11
Activities for young children.....................................................................................................11
Unit 3.9..........................................................................................................................................13
3.1 Learning experience that supports the development of sustained shared thinking in the
children aged..............................................................................................................................13
3.2 Leading a learning experience which supports the development of sustained shared
thinking in children aged: .........................................................................................................13
5.1 The provision for supporting cognitive development in the setting....................................14
Unit 3.10........................................................................................................................................15

3.1 A language rich environment which develops the speech, language and communication of
children in own setting...............................................................................................................15
4.1 Plan an activity which supports the development of speech, language and communication
of children aged:........................................................................................................................15
4.2 Implement an activity which supports the development of speech, language and
communication of children aged: ..............................................................................................16
4.3 Reflect on own role in relation to the provision for supporting speech, language and
communication development in own setting.............................................................................17
Unit 3.11.........................................................................................................................................17
3.1 Plan an opportunity which promotes the physical development of children aged:.............17
3.2 Provide an opportunity which promotes physical development for children aged: ............18
3.3 Reflecting on own role in relation to the provision for promoting physical development in
own setting.................................................................................................................................18
Unit- 3.12.......................................................................................................................................19
3.1 Environment that promotes the personal, social and emotional development of children in
own setting.................................................................................................................................19
4.1 Opportunities which promotes the personal, social and emotional development of children
aged:...........................................................................................................................................19
4.2 Opportunities which promotes the personal, social and emotional development of children
aged: ..........................................................................................................................................20
4.3 Benefits to children’s holistic learning and development when promoting personal, social
and emotional development.......................................................................................................20
4.4 Own role in relation to the provision for promoting the personal, social and emotional
development of children in own setting.....................................................................................21

MAIN BODY
Activity One
Stages of language and communication development
Development signifies the manner in which a child grows and the changes that take
place. The language and communication development of the child can be classified into
five stages.
Pre-production, where the child is normally silent while listening to new words
Early Production, children begin to practice pronouncing new words
Speech emergence, they start to speak in longer sentences and to ask questions
Intermediate Fluency, they speak more fluently and improve their reading and writing
abilities
Advance Fluency, they expand their vocabulary
At every stage, the child reaches various milestones also known as the 'nature of a
stage' which includes mainly four domains that are the communication and speech,
cognitive, physical and personal, social and emotional.
Newborn (0-3 months)
When the newborn reaches to the domain of language and communication, he/she
starts cooing, making eye contact, crying and starts to listen to the voice of another
person.
Physical domain, babies start to move their arms, hands, legs and the head starts to
turn the way in which he/she hears any sound, the eyes of the newborn start to follow
the objects.
Social and the emotional, the newborn starts to smile within 2 or 3 months.
Cognitive, the newborn starts showing interest in the faces he/she recognises and
various objects.
Infant (3-12 months)
The communication and language domain- From the 3 months, the infant starts
babbling with increasing numerous sounds, listens and also might react or respond to
the babbling, learns about the conversations, react to sudden noises. From 7 to 9
months, the infant start recognizing its own name sound, looks at the objects and