Early Childhood Language Development

A child's vocabulary expands from the ages of 2 to 6 years old, about how many words does a child's vocabulary expand by?

• 300-3,000 words

• 200-10,000 words

• 400- 20,000 words

• 2 -700 words

Define Literal Meaning-

• Children do not repeat words.

• Children can repeat words after hearing them seven times.

• Children can repeat words and phrases after having heard them only once or twice.

• Children repeat words at three years old.

What is Overregularization?

• Children learn language before they learn grammar rules.

• Children learn grammar before they learn language.

• Children do not learn grammar rules.

• Children learn rules of grammar as they learn language, but may apply these rules incorrectly at first.  

What is Bilingualism and can children learn this before they become adults?

• No, children cannot be bilingual. Bilingualism means to understand 7 languages.

• Majority of children around the world are bilingual, meaning that they understand and use 2 languages. 

• No, children cannot be bilingual. Bilingualism mean you understand 3 languages.

• Yes, children can be bilingual. Bilingualism means to not understand a language.

Which of these is not a language milestone in Listening and Attention for 2 to 3 year olds?

• Knows at least 200 words.

• Beginning to listen to talk with interest, but easily distracted. 

• Can focus on multiple things.

• Listens to talk adressed to him/her, but finds it difficult if prompts are not provided. 

Understanding questions is an important milestones in a 2 to 3 year olds life, Which of these question prompts would a child not understand?

• Why are you eating that?

• Who is that?

• Where are my gloves?

• What is that on the floor?

What phrase can 2 to 3 years old understand?

Hint: Phrase was used in the reading material.

Speech Sounds and Talk Milestones: How many words, including descriptive language, should a 2 to 3 year old be able to use?

• 400 words.

• 600 words

• 200 words

• 300 words

Which of these will child 2 to 3 years old most likely struggle with more?

• Speech sounds.

• Use of pronouns, plurals, and prepositions.

• Link four to five words together.

• Use of descriptive language.

At what age in their language milestones will children express emotions towards adults and peers using words, and not just actions?