Language Development (under 3 years old)

Language comes in two parts: Expressive (using) and Receptive (understanding)

In the early days babies’ language is very limited; comprising of a series of different cries gestures, facial expressions, eye-contact and other forms of body language to express their wants and needs, and allow them to interact with others.

They need interactions with adults and adults to speak with them so that they can learn how to move their tongue, lips, teeth and jaw in order to produce speech sounds and say words. This is called Expressive language.

Receptive Language on the other hand involves understandi

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