Socialization and coexistence with other children at two years of age benefits language development

We know that from the first year of life babies begin to develop language, because although they are not yet able to speak, they do they learn and register in their brain what will be the basis for communicating with others. Around his first year, he will begin to say his first words, but he will not say phrases or have conversations until much later.

As parents, it is important to help them stimulate language development from an early age, however, according to a recent study, living together with other children shortly before reaching two years of age, helps to better understand the association between words and objects.

Posted in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, this new study examined how socialization and coexistence with other children could influence language development of children between 21 and 23 months of age.

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The objective of the study, which was carried out with the participation of 88 children and through two language experiments, was to analyze whether listen to other children of the same age speak more frequently, could affect children's ability to process language and conversations.

After concluding the experimentation stage and analyzing the results, it was found that the more time the children spent living with their peers, the easier it was to make the association between words and objects.

Katherine White, professor of psychology and one of the authors of the study, explains that this demonstrates that Children at that age are extremely good at processing the talk of other young children., and that they could even notice it in those who did not spend so much time with other children their age.

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In conclusion, besides that as parents we can stimulate them at home and talk with our children to help in their development, The more time they spend with their peers since childhood, the easier it will be for them to acquire language.

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