3. Guide Questions
What do children learn when are between 3 – 4 years
old?
Why is important children learned how and why
language varies?
What are some aspects which differentiate from the
preschool years to the school years
4. THE PRE SCHOOL YEARS
3-4 year olds
Make questions
they say Commands
Learn Vocabulary
Social environment
Interact with unfamiliar adults
They develop Metalinguistic Awareness
They difference wrong or silly sentences
5. THE SCHOOL YEARS
They can express themselves
They learn more sophisticated metalinguistic
awareness
Children have access to word jokes which are shared
with their family and friends
6. THE SCHOOL YEARS
The develop the ability to understand and produce
thousand words.
They learn more words when they learn to read.
children learn how written language differs from
spoken language.
