Language is one of the key components of culture. It is the tool that people in a group use to communicate their ideas, feelings, experiences, wants, and needs. When a child uses language, the unique cultural ways of thinking and expressing ideas are shared with others by the way the child communicates. One of the key roles of language in a culture is to facilitate socialization, which is one of the most important tasks of the early years. As children learn the accepted behaviors and ways of the group through the linguistic environment, socialization is fostered and supported.
Children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds will bring different patterns of communication and behavior into the classroom. Family members, caregivers, and peers are excellent sources of information about those communicative and behavioral differences.
Social and Emotional Development
- Relationships
- Peers
- Interacts with and develops positive relationship with peers
- Interacts with and develops positive relationship with peers
- Adults
- Develops positive relationships and interacts comfortably with familiar adults
- Peers
