Language

Language lies at the root of that transformation of the environment that we call civilisation.

“Language was invented to enable one to express the work of the intellect. The child possesses a language that has grown perfectly from something which was forming inside him. Language seems to be born in completeness at this stage, just as the child who was being formed for such a long time out of the embryo was suddenly born complete, with nails, hair, feet, etc. Language is created inside the child. It’s a miracle of creation, an inner construction” Page 61 The 1947 London Lectures.

A child between birth to 6 is in sensitive period of language. The absorbent mind assists his/her in taking in all of elements of the particular language in her environment. By the age 3, the child pretty much forms the language of their mother tongue.

Language area follows the same timelines of language acquisition. Starts with oral language and gradually takes the child to sounds and then attaching that sound to a symbol and showing a child word is made up of lots of sounds put together.

Over time, we show a child sentences are made up of lot of words and then gradually build that up. Singing, rhymes, poems are also parts of oral language.