First three years propels child's "Power of Talk"
Issue date: 1/20/08 Section: Student Life
(ARA) - New research has confirmed the sheer quantity of words a child hears every day from birth to age three is related to his or her academic success, according to the just-released "Power of Talk" study. In fact, 30,000 words is the target number - the same number heard in 18.5 readings of Dr. Seuss' "The Cat in the Hat."
Between birth and age 3, a child's cognitive abilities develop more rapidly than at any other time in life. Language development, as well, progresses quickly during this period, from single words to simple sentences and multi-clause sentences. Several hundred research studies over the last 50 years document the importance of talking to and interacting with your baby, especially during those first three years. Recent studies have shown that simply talking with your child is more powerful than flashcards, computer programs, television or DVDs.
In researching their book, "Meaningful Differences," noted University of Kansas researchers Dr. Betty Hart and Dr. Todd Risley conducted multi-year studies in which they tracked the number of words parents and caregivers spoke to children during the first three years of life. Follow-up studies by Hart and Risley with the same children at age nine showed a very close link between the academic success of a child and the number of words the child's parents spoke to them by age three.
These findings were recently confirmed and further researched by a team of scientists, including language experts and speech technology engineers, in "The Power of Talk" study. The study examined the relationship between talk and child language development. Some key findings included:
1. Parents of advanced children in the 90th to 99th percentile on language assessments spoke substantially more to their children than did parents of children who were not as advanced.
2. Most language training for children came from mothers, with mothers accounting for 78 percent of total talk.
3. Mothers talked more to daughters than they did to sons.
Between birth and age 3, a child's cognitive abilities develop more rapidly than at any other time in life. Language development, as well, progresses quickly during this period, from single words to simple sentences and multi-clause sentences. Several hundred research studies over the last 50 years document the importance of talking to and interacting with your baby, especially during those first three years. Recent studies have shown that simply talking with your child is more powerful than flashcards, computer programs, television or DVDs.
In researching their book, "Meaningful Differences," noted University of Kansas researchers Dr. Betty Hart and Dr. Todd Risley conducted multi-year studies in which they tracked the number of words parents and caregivers spoke to children during the first three years of life. Follow-up studies by Hart and Risley with the same children at age nine showed a very close link between the academic success of a child and the number of words the child's parents spoke to them by age three.
These findings were recently confirmed and further researched by a team of scientists, including language experts and speech technology engineers, in "The Power of Talk" study. The study examined the relationship between talk and child language development. Some key findings included:
1. Parents of advanced children in the 90th to 99th percentile on language assessments spoke substantially more to their children than did parents of children who were not as advanced.
2. Most language training for children came from mothers, with mothers accounting for 78 percent of total talk.
3. Mothers talked more to daughters than they did to sons.
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