Language Development.......?

Question

Hello

How would a child use words to express themselves creatively? It wants me to elaborate on this subject, although I do not understand exactly what it is asking. Can someone please give me an example of how a child would do this? Thanks.

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you're asking; the child is an "it"?  Something else (missing referent) is "it"?  How old is the child -- linguistic sophistication varies greatly over the ages we collectively refer to as "child" (see Piaget's work).

If you need anecdotes, try the parenting group -- they'll be happy to pepper you with examples of creative workarounds to various communication problems.  If you need generalities, I'll need better direction for the question.  If you're simply handing us a homework problem, I expect you're looking for interpretation, not a written essay.  In this latter case, just post the original question ver batim, give us a little background (grad course?  high school?  newspaper essay contest?) and we'll give it our best shots.

Answer 2

Creatively means that the child is using his own words and not mimicking what someone else has said.  Expressing himself creatively without words would include things like painting or creating something with play-doh.  Expressing himself creatively through language would include the things he says while he is playing, i.e. talking like the driver of a car while playing with cars; being the farmer while playing with toy farm animals, or making up a little poem, song, or story. etc.  It could also include talking about his feelings, describing things around him, or giving his opinion about something.

Answer 3

they use words to express themselves creatively when they use their imaginations and then tell you about it. when they're drawing something and they tell you what it is and it comes with an elaborate story they came up with. if they make a joke or a riddle, i think that counts. hope this helps.

Answer 4

Language develops from birth through to our deaths, however children learn it at a faster rate (their learning curves are steeper.) To begin with a child’s vocabulary consists of mostly nouns as they first become familiar with the objects around them, for example Mum, Dad, Ball or Chair. Verbs tend to develop next (when the child begins to move around). It is when verbs start to appear in the child’s vocabulary that some creativeness is expressed. Up, down, walk etc. Creativeness can truly be expressed when a child begins to learn how semantics an syntax work (meanings of words and sentence structure) when semantics come into play a child learns that often words can have multiple meanings and so they can use homophones and homonyms to create new meanings when they talk. They learn to change the context of things (i.e. creating stories to get out of trouble)

Anyway I hope this helps you a bit… I will be happy to dig out my book on child development which has a large chapter on language if you require some more information.

Answer 5

Children are individuals and as such will develop communication/language skills at different rates, although they will all go through the same stages. The way in which these skills will develop  will be influenced by their environment.

As child carers it is vital that you encourage a language rich environment by providing opportunities for children to communicate through planned activities in each area of learning.  This will support children in developing to their full potential.

It is also essential to develop good listening skills. It is more than just hearing sounds, it is being able to understand and interpret them too.

Aspects of the way children think at different ages has an affect on the child’s ability to communicate effectively.

Piaget defined four cognitive stages of learning:

0-18 months – babies learn about their environment from their senses They are egocentric – they see the world from their own view point.

2-6/7 years – children use language to express their thoughts.  They are egocentric

7-11 – children can see things from another point of view – decentring

11-18+ - children are able to think in their abstract.  (they can work out ideas in their heads).

Theories of language development:

Noam Chomsky came to the conclusion that the ability to learn a language  in some way instinctive and that we are born with a cognitive ability to learn a language.

Some difficulties may be faced by children and parents whose cultural and language background is different from the predominant culture and language of the setting. These parents may therefore feel isolated in the setting and as a result may withdraw her/himself from the setting.

Once the child care practitioner has established how a child is communicating then he/she needs to look at how to create the best learning environments.

Cultural and ethnic influences – different body language such as pointing or eye contact

Dialects and accents – showing respect, positive identity of the child

Signing – Makaton is now used in many settings where a child has communication difficulties

Remembering  different family structures – to promote non biased stereotypical ideas/views

being a good role model

Respecting the Childs right not to speak on occasions – unhappy, unwell – will need monitoring if this is consistent behaviour

Relevance of group size when planning activities, child observations.

There are many ways that children communicate in addition to language.

Pointing

Gestures

Behaviour

Miming

Facial expressions

Crying

Leading an adult to something

Body language

Strategies to motivate children to talk:

Observe what the child is interested in and talk to them about it

Use knowledge of child's home life to ‘chat’

Do not ask too many questions

Allow plenty of time for the child to respond

Talk to the child about what he/she is doing

Consider the individual needs of the child

Provide lots of opportunity for children to communicate their feelings and ideas

Give praise and encouragement

Answer 6

Well there are many things you can to do help a child develop his words creatively. So I will address  many both sides of the coin. Words can come in way of sign language a lot of Preschools teach basic sign language. Some children use expression to express words they might not otherwise know at this point in their lives.

But ways to teach them words creatively are by games, you can find games on emotion or numbers or days of the weeks. I remember that I was teaching a three yr old class I had two children in the class who were not talking very good. They would express themselves by grunts or whines they knew the words didnt want to use them. So, if we had treat day. he children would come up and say May I please have my treat? AND then they would Say Thank you Ms. Tammi. Of course it was not always as crisp as it sounds on here but they would use the grown up words. Well, these two children would grunt and I would work very hard with them. Please Ms. Tammi and Thank you. Eventually seeing how the other kids communicated with me and how the communicated with each other they began using their grown up words. It was awesome and my 3 yr old class some of them would be 4 during the yr most of them and some started kindergarten. The Kindergarten teacher came over and thanked me for working so hard with the children. Said some of them were farther along then the 4 yr olds.

Teaching them words by emotion, and games and color sheets and books. Letting them read you a book. ( their way ) if they are younger they will make up a story but they are using their words to tell you this story. Books are the very best way to teach a child many many different things no matter what age.

So not sure if this helps at all but this is all I can figure out from the question.

Answer 7

Creative development can be drawing, painting, role play, using one object to represent another, singing, making up games, experimenting with sounds (musical or verbal).

so.. i child might say "oh no there's a monster coming, run!" , "I'm going to use red now",

"now you be the baby and I'll be the mummy",

"Sit there and I'll cook you some dinner",

"I saw a butterfly with pink squares on it  and it said hello to me",

(if they have drawn or "written") "this is a picture of....." even if the picture is of a blob.

They might write some letters and read it back as a sentence.

"don't fall off the block or the sharks will eat you!"

Hope this helps, can you spend a day in a preschool environment and write down examples of what they say?