{"id":3522,"date":"2022-05-19T18:08:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T12:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footprintseducation.in\/blog\/?p=3522"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:44:39","slug":"language-development-in-children-and-how-you-can-support-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footprintseducation.in\/blog\/language-development-in-children-and-how-you-can-support-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Development In Children and How You Can Support It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Speech, language, and communication play a critical role when it comes to the development of preschoolers. From helping the child understand what is going on around them, to communicating their basic needs and feelings, developing relationships, solving problems, and more, there is a lot that language development in children can help with. Since the beginning of the pandemic, however, with access to play schools<\/mark><\/a> being restricted, language development has regressed for a sizeable number of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact remains, that both parents and teachers can play a rather significant role in helping to support & improve language development outcomes. Before looking at some of the strategies that can be followed in improving language development, it will be worthwhile to look at what is language development in early childhood, particularly when it comes to preschoolers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zero to Three<\/mark><\/a>\u00a0notes that language development begins at birth \u2014 long before a child says their first word. Infants learn to communicate through coos, facial expressions, and gestures, and the richness of the language environment they are exposed to directly predicts vocabulary growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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