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Example of OLD, and parents supporting this stage

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Example of OLD, and parents supporting this stage

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- When an unborn baby hears parents talking, or listens to music through the womb, they are able to make connections to language.
- Babies can recognize voices that they heard most often in the womb, such as their mom and dad.

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- At this stage, one of the child's only form of communication is crying.
- These children are also often startled by loud noises and may turn their heads to see what happened.

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One-Month-Old Baby Crying Sound Effect | Ver. 1

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Example of adults supporting the child's OLD stage

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Example of adults supporting the child's OLD stage

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- Parents talking to their children (even just about what they are doing)
- Reading bright, colorful books to the child.

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- child begins to make cooing sounds to get response from caregiver.
- child will also begin to play with their voice to hear what they can do.

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Baby makes cute cooing noises - compilation

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- parents should sing songs to their children to encourage language
- parent should also talk frequently close to the child so they pick up on some language.

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- child will begin babbling and using intonation
- may also respond to their name (turn head when name is called)

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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6 Month Milestone: Strings vowels together when babbling

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- adults should speak closely to the child so they can see the shapes the mouth makes when talking
- adults should read to the child to encourage more vocabulary

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- child will understand simple instruction
- child can use one to two word sentences

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10-12 Month Baby Communication Milestones to Look For

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- when reading, ask the child to point out things in the book
- expand the child's 2-3 word sentences into full sentences to encourage longer sentences.

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-child's vocabulary will grow from 5-300 words
-child can use pronouns such as I, me, you, my, and mine
-child can create short sentences that are largely noun-verb combinations

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CUTEST 18 MONTH OLD TALKING  | TODDLER SAYING HER FIRST WORDS

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-talk frequently all day long; ask the child questions and wait for their response
-engage in two way conversations with the child
-encourage children to sing songs by singing with them
-have the child describe attributes of objects

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-child can handle three-word sentences easily - for example: "I want chips"
-knows names of one or more colors and common shapes
-child is able to give his/her/their gender, name, age

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Colors and Shapes | Learn Shapes and Colors with 3 year old Aathen - Learning fun with Aathen

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-read informational texts to child. Describe new vocabulary
-name items in a category and see if the child can identify the category label
-read rhyming  stories or plays with rhyming words, and encourage the child to point out how/where words sound alike and sound different

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3-year-old blows away audience with poem for Black History Month!

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-child is able to use descriptive words spontaneously --- both adjectives and adverbs
-can use simple time concepts: morning, night, etc.

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-as children put away their toys have them sort the toys into categories
-read rhyming books; then practice saying/hearing the rhyme

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--child is able to use fairly long sentences, some compound, and some complex sentences
-child can describe favorite pastimes, meals, books, friends, story, videos, etc.

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- have child cook with adult; while cooking have them use adjectives to describe the color, texture, and feeling as they make and eat food
-set up a space and props for dramatic play; include: play telephones, puppets, flannel board stories, dolls and other dramatic play props, costumes, and literacy materials and props