Language development

Language development in early childhood is the process of a child’s ability to understand and communicate.
The foundation of language development encompasses all aspects of language acquisition.
Language development is a period of extreme growth.
A 3 year old’s spoken vocabulary consist of roughly 900 words and expands to between 8,000 and 14,000 words by the time they are 6.
Young children are generally able to understand more words than they can speak.

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Language development

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Receptive language

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Expressive language

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Development of sounds

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