Enhancing Language Development in Childhood
Enhancing Language Development in Childhood
Follow your child’s lead and have fun while enhancing language development. In this fun and user-friendly course for parents, teachers, and caregivers, you will discover how children learn to process language and how they become proficient speakers and thinkers. This course will help you enrich your child’s life by stimulating their continued speech, brain, and language development in an enjoyable, age-appropriate, and natural way.
Syllabus
- Lesson 1 – Introduction
- Lesson 2 – First Play: Sounds and Signs
- Lesson 3 – “Mama” and Other First Real Words
- Lesson 4 – Understanding Before Speaking
- Lesson 5 – Watching and Playing
- Lesson 6 – Adding Pieces to Phrases
- Lesson 7 – Be a Natural Model
- Lesson 8 – Making the Tongue Take Off
- Lesson 9 – Playing With Sounds
- Lesson 10 – Talking More
- Lesson 11 – Appreciating Differences
- Lesson 12 – A Word About Literature
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
<ul><li>6 Weeks Access</li>
<li>Course Code: ela</li>
<li>Start Dates* Dec 15 | Jan 12 | Feb 09 | Mar 16</li>
<li>$187.00 USD</li></ul>
Kt (Katie) Paxton is a certified teacher with a Master's Degree in Education focusing on Learning and Technology. She has more than 20 years of classroom experience and has been an online instructor since 2003. She also owned and managed a home daycare for five years and is the author of More Adventures With Kids in San Diego. Furthermore, Kt has trained and placed tutors with at-risk students in over 100 schools in addition to working with the students herself.
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