2.3 Importance of Speaking

Last updated: September 28, 2023

Why Speaking is Important?

  • Children’s speech develops from babble, to words to simple sentences through hundreds of hours of interaction with adults.
  • Age 1:  Children recognise about 50 words
  • Age 3: Children recognise about 1000 words
  • Age 5: Children recognise about 10000 words

Can you suggest ways and activities in which you can support language development in your classroom?