Kenn Apel, Julie Masterson

Beyond Baby Talk (eBook, ePUB)

From Speaking to Spelling: A Guide to Language and Literacy Development for Parents and Caregivers

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From "Goo" to Gab - Guiding Your Child to Effective Communication The first five years of a child's life are the most critical for speech and language development, and, as a parent, you are your child's primary language role model. So what are the best ways to help your child develop the all-important skill of communication? Fun, easy, and engaging, this book shows you how! Inside, you'll discover all of the essential steps and checkpoints from birth through age five, tips to help your child progress on schedule, and easy methods to: · Evaluate and monitor your child's language development · Understand and deal with environmental impacts such as television and cultural styles · Recognize the signs of language development problems · And much, much more!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780307952295
• Artikelnr.: 38190224

Autorenporträt

Kenn Apel, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a professor of communication disorders and sciences at Witchita State University and a widely known educator and specialist in childhood language. Julie J. Masterson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a nationally known educator and specialist in child language development. She is a professor of communication sciences and disorders at Southwest Missouri State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
 
How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Getting Started: How You and Your Infant Create Language Together
2. Earliest Words: Discovering Your Baby’s Style
3. Building First Sentences: Natural Ways to Encourage Your Toddler
4. Preparing for Written Language: Setting Your Preschooler on the Right
Path
5. Reading, Writing, and Spelling: Helping Your Child Achieve in School
6. The Influence of Gender and Birth Order on Language Development
7. The Influence of Culture on Language
8. The Influence of Media on Language Development
9. Language Development and Child Care
10. Fads, Scams, and Myths: Knowing What to Look For
11. When You Suspect a Language Delay: Getting Help
References
 Index