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Able to hear sounds in the womb. Can distinguish between parent's voices. 24 weeks the ears are developing.

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Speaking to the unborn baby helps connect the baby and mother. It also helps in sound recognition. Singing to the unborn fetus and playing music is a good way to help support language development

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Majority communication is crying.
Larynx is not formed yet.
Startled at loud sounds.
Look at the sound of parents voice.

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The lady is reading to the children and explaining what is going on.

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Reading books to the children. Singing to the babies. Repeat words and match the words to facial expressions.

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Cooing sounds to attract attention from caregiver.
Plays with voice
Watches caregivers mouth when speaking

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Reading to the children repeat the words that the children are trying to say. Copying the children's sounds so they hear the sounds and watch the mouth of the parent. This is how they learn how to make those sounds.

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Babbling occurs. Children are able to start forming words such as DA-DA BA-BA. Prosody is also recognized at this stage.

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Parent having child mimic DA-DA MA-MA

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Baby Says "Dada" as First Word After Mom Tries to Get Her to Say "Mama"

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Anything round children call them a ball (overgeneralizing) 

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Holophrase
Overgeneralization
Only primary language sounds are able to be distinguished.

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One word phrases

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Vocabulary grows from 5-300 words that are usually nouns. Children can follow simple commands, make short sentences, can use pronouns such as "I, me, you", etc.
- Analog (example: texting, short phrases, cookie now)
- Fast Mapping (learns word after hearing word for one time - example: A children hears the word stop and knows to stop whatever they're doing when hearing that word)
- Overregularization (example: goed, breaked)

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Encourage children to ask questions and respond to the question. Sing songs and read books together, using new words or academic language to help affiliate them with that way of speaking.

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Handles 3 word sentences easily.
Approximately 900-1,000 words in their vocabulary.
90% of what child says can be understood.
Example: Can name animals. Name objects in picture books.
Can state their name and age.

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Parents should expand on what the child is saying with simple "what," "where," "why," and "how" questions.

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-Can use simple time concepts such as morning and night
- Ability to recall favorite story or video
-Should have the ability to use long sentences with only some compound sentences.

Children this age are able to engage in cooperative play.
They are also able to assist with home tasks such as cooking, sweep, and fold clothes just to name a few.

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Parents are able to scaffold children who are 72 months by providing them the opportunity to engage in activities on their own while supervising. 

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In this example the mother is closely watching the child cut an apple while maintaining a close distance in case intervention is needed.