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Prelinguistic skills provide the foundation for language acquisition by developing the cognitive, motor, and social-emotional skills necessary for communication. Prelinguistic skills occur in a series of predictable stages, each building upon the previous one. You can read more about these individual stages here! Supporting Prelinguistic Development Clinicians and caregivers play
Can we take a moment to appreciate the incredible superpower that little ones possess? I’m talking about the foundational skills of imitation! Toddlers have this incredible ability to absorb everything around them and make it a part of their own world through imitation. Let’s dive into why imitating is such
In this series, we are talking about the different stages of play and their impact on a child’s language development. Here’s Stages 1&2 Unoccupied Play / Solitary Play, Stage 3 Spectator Play, Stage 4 Parallel Play, and in this post, we are going to talk about Stage 5 Associative Play!