Child’s language
Consider children you have worked with in your career, children you have known, and yourself as a young child. Your role in Part 1 is to create a fictitious child to related to his or her language and literacy development. Consider characteristics related to the child which you would like to research more. This may include language(s) spoken at home, disabilities, advanced language skills, etc. Imagine the family and community into which this child was born. Introduction: My Child in Context 1. Home life and family: • Who is my child? Is my child a boy or a girl? What is my child’s name? • What are the characteristics of my child’s family? Does my child have brothers and sisters? Does my child have pets? Where is my child in the birth order? What was my child’s prenatal experience? • Who lives with my child? • Who provides primary care and who is closest to my child? • What does my child’s family like to do together? 2. Community and culture, including language(s) spoken: • Where does my child live? • What language(s) are spoken in my child’s home? • What language or languages do people speak who interact most frequently with my child? • What does my child’s family believe about learning to speak English and/or languages other than English? • What opportunities for language/literacy-rich experiences are available to my child and my child’s family in their home and in the community? • What additional facts, stories, and/or situations will help provide insights into who my child is related to his or her language development journey? My Child’s Language and Literacy Development Journey: Developmental Characteristics Each week, you will focus on a developmental stage of your child: • Prenatal and Infancy • Toddlerhood • Preschool • Kindergarten and Primary Grades For each stage, answer the following: • In what ways did my child′s development align or not align with the milestones reviewed for typically developing children? • What factors supported and/or inhibited language acquisition, language development, and literacy in my child’s early childhood years (prenatal through third grade)? • How did the domains overlap in my child’s acquisition of language, language development, and literacy? • How did my child’s environment support the connections between the domains? • What aspects of my child’s physical, social, emotional, and/or cognitive development impacted language acquisition, language development, and literacy and in what ways? With regard to your child’s family and cultural influences: • What familial and cultural influences impacted my child’s language acquisition, language development, and literacy and in what ways prenatal through third grade? o How did my child’s family and/or caregiver(s) provide opportunities for language acquisition, language development, and literacy? o What were the cultural influences on the child’s language acquisition, language development, and literacy? For instance, were there words used, books, TV shows, technology that were culture-specific? Reference APA format