child acquisition 🚸

• when a child imitates language and receives attention, this motivates them to repeat behaviour
• children can only use a certain linguistic structure when they understand the concept involved
• sensorimotor - baby explores through senses. e.g., grasping, sucking
• animism - pretend play, giving inanimate object feelings
• egocentrism - seeing the world from child's perspective and is an extension of oneself.
• conservation - 4 year old child will focus on what they see, not what they know.
• relationship between child and parent. understanding enriched and deepened when scaffolded by adults.
• questions 


  inflections often used at first to show its a question, then question words learn during 2nd year, auxiliary verbs learn 3rd year
• the higher up the reading scheme, the fewer pictures there are to aid pragmatic
• children's books always relate to prominent aspects in child's life
• synthetic


  break the sounds into syllables, there is a representation/action for each sound
• analytic


  used in conjunction with other strategies, was the original method and doesn't break down words into syllbales
• palmer grip


  used to make marks on the page, up and down lines
• motor control


  more circular lines, leave gaps as though imitating text
• proto letter formation


  begin to write and names and letters, but the letter might be too big or back to front