Correct Answer - Option 3 : early childhood learning
Childhood refers to the period of the human lifespan, ranging from birth to puberty. It consists of many developmental stages and early childhood is one of them.
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'Early childhood' lies between the age of '2 to 6 years.
- It is a very crucial period for the overall development of the child.
- It is also known as the toy age, pre-gang age, and exploratory age, etc.
Let us look at the stages of Speech and language skills development in early childhood:
3-12 months
- In this period, a baby will most likely coo and laugh, play with sounds, and begin to communicate with gestures like waving.
- Babbling is an important developmental stage during the first year. At this stage, though, this ‘speech’ doesn’t mean anything. First words often start at around 12 months.
12-18 months
- At this age, children often say their first words with meaning. For example, when your child says ‘Dada’, a child is actually calling for dad.
18 months to 2 years
- In child’s second year, their vocabulary has grown and they’ll start to put two words together into short ‘sentences.
2-3 years
- A child can speak in longer, more complex sentences now, and is getting better at saying words correctly. A child might play and talk at the same time.
3-5 years
- A child might say things like, ‘Will I grow into a watermelon because I swallowed the watermelon seed?’ and show understanding of basic grammar, as they experiment with more complex sentences that have words like ‘because, ‘if’, ‘so’ or ‘when’.
5-8 years
- A child can become a storyteller in different ways and build different types of sentences. These skills also let the child share ideas and opinions.
Thus from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that speech and language skills are a part of early childhood learning.
