Primary Schoolers Language Development

	Primary Schoolers Language Development
	Primary Schoolers Language Development When children start school they've already learnt a lot about their first language. Some children may speak more than one language. Children will be good at naming things, understanding action words and be able to follow simple instructions. Children will increase their language skills by: reading and having books read to them watching TV and videos listening to people talk listening to stories listening to the radio singing Vocabulary increases dramatically during this age. Most children should be good readers by the time they leave school and understand adult conversations. School age children gradually learn how adults talk in different ways. They like to joke and play with words. Often they go through a stage of 'toilet jokes' where they experiment with 'naughty' words. You can help your child's language development by: getting help if you think there are problems; ask the teacher, speech pathologist, Australian Institute of Learning Disabilities or SPEECH (Society to Promote Essential Education for Children with Communication Handicaps) setting a good example - reading, joining a library, speaking clearly, enjoying words, playing spelling games providing tapes and stories for children to listen to and read reading rhymes and poems singing to and with your children reading to your children even when they can read themselves allowing children to choose what they read.
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