We have learned in Chapters 5 and 6 that we are able to understand children’s language development stages by observing their processes and interactions. Preview the three videos listed below from Chapter 6 of your text, which are focused on children’s language interactions. The children shown are in various stages of language development. Choose one of the three videos to conduct an observation and identify the child’s language development stage.

Precursors to Language, retrieved from Section 6.1 of your text.
Babbling, retrieved from Section 6.2 of your text.
Assessing Cognitive and Language Development, retrieved from the Conclusion section in Chapter 6 of your text.

Write your observations of the child, which should support your conclusion of developmental stage. Support your responses with the evidence from the textbook.

The subject line of your discussion should be the title of the video that you watched. Be sure to include a minimum of a 250-word response using your observations and a minimum of one source to support your claims. Your reference(s) should appear at the end of your discussion and be formatted according to APA.

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Skills that babies acquire before they speak are known as language precursors. From birth to 18 and 24 months of age, this is when language precursors develop. These skills include sound production, communicative/social and cognition skills.

Cognition skills are thinking skills. When children are playing with objects or toys, it is when they acquire this skill. It is a pre-language level where thoughts develop. Cognitive skills can be in form of object permanence. This is the knowledge of something existing although it is out of sight. A good example is a baby uncovering a toy hidden beneath the blanket. Another thinking skill is means and ends. In this, babies are able to obtain what they want by using their bodies and other objects. A good example is a toddler using a chair to obtain cookies. This skill enables babies to create fascinating sounds and sight. They squeeze toys, making noise or pushing away …

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