Language Development and Young Children |
"Literacy development begins early on, as children learn to communicate
with others through oral language." --Rush, 1999
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What We Know |
Age Level |
| Newborns
Connecting & Communicating |
0-3 months |
| Building Baby's Brain: Learning Language |
0-3 months |
 Tips
on Helping Your Child Learn to Talk |
0-3 years |
| Tips
on Helping your Child Learn to Communicate |
0-3 years |
Language
Development Milestones, (video) |
0-1 year |
| Young
Children’s Oral Language Development |
0-5 years |
| Developmental
Milestones for Language Development |
0-5 years |
| Speech
Sound Development |
0-5 years |
| The
Consequences of Conversation with Children |
0-5 years |
| Ear
Infections and Language Development |
0-5 years |
| What
Many Children Do In Language |
0-5 years |
| Speech and Language: Developmental Milestones |
0-5 years |
| Acquiring English as a Second Language |
0-5 years |
| First
Steps Toward Literacy: When Talk Isn’t Idle |
0-5 years |
| Understanding
Early Literacy |
0-5 years |
| Speech
and Language Developmental Milestones |
0-5 years |
| Early
Literacy Learning can be promoted through Experiences with Print and
Language |
0-5 years |
| Literacy
as an outcome of language development and its impact on children’s
psychosocial and emotional development |
0-5 years |
| Factors that influence Language development |
0-5 years |
| Literacy, Language and emotional development |
0-5 years |
| Talking
to Child: Why Some Mothers Do It More |
0-5 years |
| Programs
supporting young children’s language development |
0-5 years |
| The
Power of Family Conversation |
0-5 years |
| Talking
and Books (video) |
0-5 years |
| Understanding
Children’s Language Development |
0-6 years |
| Vocabulary Development: Introduction to Vocabulary |
0-8 years |
| Speech and Language Development |
0-8 years |
| Language
Development in Children |
0- 8 years |
| Babies Connecting and Communicating |
3 months to 12 months |
| Toddlers Connecting and Communicating |
1-2 years |
| Language Development |
1-3 years |
| Contemporary
Language in the Preschool Setting |
2-6 years |
| Preschoolers
Connecting & Communicating |
3-5 years |
| The
Home-School Study of Language and Literacy Development |
3-5 years |
| The
Early Childhood Study of Language and Literacy Development of Spanish-Speaking
Children |
3-5 years |
| What
Works Clearinghouse: Phonological Awareness Training |
3-5 years |
| What
Works Clearinghouse: Shared Book Reading |
3-5 years |
What
Works Clearinghouse: Interactive Shared Book Reading |
3-5 years |
What
Works Clearinghouse: Dialogic Reading |
3- 5 years |
| What
Works Clearinghouse: Using Interactive and Dialogic Reading |
3-5 years |
| What
Works Clearinghouse: Teaching Phonological Awareness |
3-5 years |
| Language
and Literacy |
3-5 years |
| Children’s
Active Participation in Reading and Storytelling can Enhance Early Literacy
Learning |
3-6 years |
| Born
to Learn: Language, Reading, and the Brain of the Child |
3-6 years |
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3-6 years |
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3-6 years |
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4-7 years |
| The
Sounds of Speech (video) |
4-8 years |
| Phonemic
Awareness (video) |
4-8 years |
| Connecting & Communicating with your School –Age
Child |
5-8 years |
| Vocabulary (video) |
5-10 years |
| Using Think-Alouds to Improve Reading Comprehension |
5-10 years |
| Teaching Vocabulary |
5-10 years |
| Language
Development in the Elementary Years |
5-10 years |
| Text
Comprehension |
7-10 years |
| Why
Students Think they Understand When They Don’t |
8-12 years |
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| Activities |
Age Level |
| Talk
to Your Baby - quick tips |
0-3 years |
|
0-3 years |
| Reproducible
Infant to Three Language and Early Literacy Activities in English and Spanish:
Supporting Early Literacy in Natural Environments |
0-3 years |
| Parent
Tips for Increasing a Child’s Vocabulary |
0-5 years |
| Activities
to Help Your Child Learn About Language |
0-6 years |
| Activities
to Encourage Speech and Language Development |
0-6 years |
| Creating
Literature Based Communication Boards |
0-8 years |
| Adapting
Popular Sound Producing Books |
0-8 years |
| Beginning
Reading Instruction: A Practical Guide For Parents |
0-8 years |
| Learning
a Second Language |
0-8 years |
|
The Internet Picture Dictionary |
0-8 years |
| Researchers
discover environment influences children’s ability to form, comprehend
complex sentences |
3-8 years |
| Shared
Reading: Building a child’s expressive language
through reading and talking about stories |
2-4 years |
| Toddler
Talk: A Trip to the Store |
2-4 years |
| On
the Go: Language and Early Literacy activities for Supporting Early Literacy
in Natural Environments |
2-6 years |
| Talking and Books (video in English, Spanish and Vietnamese) |
2-6 years |
| Weaving wonderful tales: 8 steps you can take to help your
child learn to love reading and become a storyteller |
3-5 years |
| Using
Language to Learn: Activities for Preschoolers |
3-5 years |
| Encouraging
Language Acquisition in Young Children |
3-5 years |
| Talking and Listening: Practical Ideas for
Parents |
3-5 years |
| Making
Reading Part of Your Preschooler’s Everyday
Life |
3-5 years |
| Questions
to Ask Your Kids After, “How was your day?” |
3-5 years |
| Reproducible
Preschool Language and Early Literacy Activities in English and Spanish:
Supporting Early Literacy in Natural Environments |
3-5 years |
| Rapid Naming |
3-6 years |
| Supporting
Early Literacy in Natural Environments: Activities for Caregivers and
Young Children in English and Spanish |
3-6 years |
| Taking
Delight in Words: Using Oral Language to Build Young Children’s Vocabularies |
3-8 years |
| Parent's
Calendar for Language/Reading Development |
3-8 years |
| Developing
Listening and Speaking Skills |
3-8 years |
| By Car, Train, or Bus! The Sounds of Language on the Go |
3-8 years |
| Speech Sounds: Suggested Activities |
3-10 years |
| 103 Things to Do Before/During/After Reading |
3-10 years |
| Enhancing
Language Skills in Four-and Five-Year-Olds |
4-5 years |
| Action
Words for Consonants |
4-6 years |
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5-6 years |
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5-8 years |
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5-8 years |
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5-12 years |
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5-18 years |
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| Special
Needs |
Age Level |
| Delayed
Speech or Language Development |
0-3 years |
| What’s “Normal,” What’s
Not: Acquiring English as a Second Language |
0-5 years |
| Speech and Language: Developmental Milestones |
0-5 years |
| Late Blooming or Language Problem? |
0-5 years |
| Ear
Infections and Language Development |
0-5 years |
| What
Many Children Do In Language |
0-5 years |
| Services
and programs supporting young children’s language
development |
0-5 years |
| Two or More languages in Early Childhood: Some General Points
and Practical Recommendations |
0-5 years |
| Tell
Me a Story (Then Tell It Again): Supporting Literacy for Preschool Children
From Bilingual Families |
0-6 years |
| Emergent
Literacy: Language |
0-7 years |
| Ask
the Language Experts: Frequently Asked Questions |
0-8 years |
| What
Does It Mean To Use Visual Supports for Literacy? |
0-8 years |
| Story
Box Ideas |
0-8 years |
| Effects of Hearing Loss on Development |
0-8 years |
| Visual
Supports for Literacy, (video) |
2-8 years |
| Pecs Pictures/Icon Pages |
2-18 years |
| Issues
in Emergent Literacy for Children With Language Impairments |
3-5 years |
| Early
Literacy for Inner-City Children: The Effects of Reading and Writing Interventions
in English and Spanish During the Preschool Years |
3-5 years |
| Topic Communication Boards for Storybooks |
3-8 years |
| Intense
Intervention |
3 - 8 years |
| Encouraging
Preliteracy Skills in Young Children with Speech and Language Disorders |
3-10 years |
|
Using Social Stories |
4-18 years |
| Critical
Issue: Addressing Literacy Needs in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Classrooms |
5-8 years |
| English Language Learners and Reading Difficulties |
5-8 years |
| Selecting
Vocabulary Words to Teach English Language Learners |
5- 10 years |
| English
Language Learners (for teachers) |
5- 10 years |
| Helping
Children with Communication Disorders in Schools |
5- 10 years |
| Teaching Academic English to English Language Learners |
5-10 years |
| Vocabulary Teaching in Action |
5-10 years |
| Language-Based Learning Disabilities |
5-12 years |
| Language Games |
6-12 years |
| Technologies
to support reading comprehension in children with disabilities |
7-14 years |
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