What advantages in learning language skills do preschool children have over other children?

Answer 1

If you mean skills as in new languages then age sloooooowly erodes the ability to take on new languages (no, perhaps not for everyone). Therefore, as a person ages, the degree of difficulty increases. Perhaps it is almost negligible at first, but it is there.

If it is grammatical skills, I am not sure how soon one can even start comprehending those, I still KANT.,;:/."'-_{}

There are tests to determine what one's learning skills are at an early age:
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Research seems ot indicate that preschool education prepares them to learn better as school age children which would tend to indicate the advantage given is the ability to more easily learn what will be taught , perhaps leading to skipping classes? But maybe they should have a little bit of KID fun first??? http://www.mirror.co.uk/sexandhealth/sexandrelationships/tm_objectid=14449450&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=growing-up-too-quickly---name_page.html :

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Is there research that shows that children who attend preschool outside the home will do better in school?
No research has ever shown that children who attend a preschool have an advantage over children who learn at home. Common sense tells us that a child who is read to often, who is exposed to the alphabet, counting, sorting and reasoning as a preschooler will be better prepared to learn reading and math than one who has never been exposed to those things. You could enroll your child in a preschool and they would most likely be exposed to that type of material and prepared for a traditional kindergarten classroom, but by keeping your child at home, you are able to tailor their education to their specific interests, and you will recognize when your child is grasping a concept and ready to move ahead to the next level. You will also avoid the negative social impact that research has proven institutional settings have on young children.
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Answer 2

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by this, but children who are talked to often, in a positive way, and who are responded to by caretakers who meet their needs, are more likely to develop good communication skills. In this capacity, children who are exposed to lots of talking (modeled by adults and other children in their world) will develop language skills quicker than children who do not have this model. So, in a quality preschool program, that is language-based, a child who attends will have a significant advantage over a child who does not have language modeled to them.

Answer 3

do you mean the advantages children in preschool programs have over children who are not or the advantages preschool children have over infants and toddlers in learning language?

Children in preschool programs have more exposure to adults, other children, books, etc that children at home with mom and dad may not get.

Preschool children are concrete thinkers so that makes it easier to teach them new words as opposed to toddlers who are still attempting to master word sounds.

Answer 4

Standards help in many ways. They give you something as a teacher to test for, and ways to assess each child. Think about what you taught before the standards were adopted. The children were probably learning the same things, so not much will have changed in that aspect. At that age group there is only so much you can test for, and assess. Having a set of standards allows for you as the teacher to have guidelines, and know how each child is doing in your classroom.

Answer 5

What do you mean by language skills?

Answer 6

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