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A Natural History of Early Language Experience.
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Hart, Betty – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2000
This article describes how years of focusing on the talk of 4-year- olds in early intervention led to years of observing 1- through 3-year- olds learning to talk during their everyday interactions with their parents. Analysis reveals that the amount of children's language experiences as partners in conversation is crucial to development. (Contains…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education, Family Environment, Family Influence