The Importance of Play and the Cognitive Development of Children Marlene Joy M. Cepeda Western Governors University Abstract The focus on academic success and high assessment scores has led many educators and administrators to perceive play as an unimportant part of a child’s development. But play does lay a good foundation developmentally for children. Through each different types of play‚ a child develops the necessary skills in order to succeed. When children are given
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Speech‚ language & communication Speech‚ language and communication are all important to a child ’s overall development. They are used to interact with others‚ explore the environment‚ make sense of everyday experiences‚ access information and understand concepts‚ organise thoughts and make ideas and to express your feeling and understand the feelings of others. Speech is vocalised language. Usually this is learnt before leaning to write. We use speech to communicate and express ideas‚ thoughts
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Unit 022 Understand Child and Young Person’s Development. Personal Factors | How children/young people’s development is influenced | Assessment Criteria | Health Status | Delayed cognitive skills‚ poor concentration levels‚ maybe limited in what they can do‚ poor attendance due to illness which can then lead to problems building relationships. | 2.1a | Disability | Misinterpretation of a child’s disabilities and needs can lead to an underestimation of their
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1: What is Language Development? Language is the communication of information through symbols arranged according to systematic rules. Speech and language are tools that humans use to share their feelings. Speech is talking‚ one way that a language can be expressed. In fact‚ language is a particular kind of system for encoding and decoding information.Language may also be expressed through writing or gestures in the case of people who have neurological disorders and may
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theories of language development that try to explain how a child learns a language and how issues can appear‚ slowing or inhibiting that development. The first is the Behaviorist Perspective. This theory states that children develop their language skills through operant conditioning. As they attempt to speak and make sounds that resemble words‚ they are rewarded with praise. Some behaviourists believe that children imitate words and are rewarded for doing so‚ thus leading to their language development
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068 – Support Children’s speech‚ Language and Communication 1.1 SPEECH Is the vocalised sounds made by a human of their learned language‚ to communicate to others. LANGUAGE can be spoken‚ written or signed with hand communication skills. Each different language uses their own set of intricate rules which one must follow to make or read the appropriate sound and therefore for the words to make sense. The amount of sounds and letter/symbols will vary depending on the language. English has over 40 different
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Importance of Knowing Language LaShawnda Henson ECE: 303 Language Development in Young Children Marya Perez January 17‚ 2011 Importance of Knowing Language Language both oral and written is of utmost importance to human kind. Language is how one communicates‚ and understands the world. If children are going to lean and communicate in society their development of a wide range of language competencies are essential to guarantee their success in a mixture of settings in their everyday
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Language and People Manner in Communication By Putri Radanti Saraswati Abstract The importance of language in communication is undoubted. It is the nature of language as a means of communication. There are two kinds of communication depends on the way it is delivered‚ namely verbal and non-verbal communication. Verbal communication refers to spoken and written language through words‚ however non-verbal communication deals with the body movement‚ unspoken and unwritten language. In communicating
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very important to build a relationship with the children‚ young people‚ colleagues and people around us. For instance in the setting I work‚ the nursery‚ we communicate all the time to the parents and children to have positive relationship so that we can work together in providing the children’s needs. Simple greetings to the parents will be the start of harmonious relationship and we can develop a partnership in working together towards the development of every child. In our setting we often ask the
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Cognitive Development Preschool children ages 3 - 5: Cognitive development refers to the acquisition and use of thinking skills. It a child’s increasing ability to think and reason‚ they are active participants in the learning process‚ they are learning how to learn. Like scientists preschool children are curious about what they observe‚ they ask questions‚ make predictions about what will happen and test their ideas‚ they recall past experiences and apply what they know to
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