Language Development Stage One: Learning SoundsThere are three stages of language development. The first stage of an infant’s language development is learning sound. Babies learn by listening to the environment around them. As a parent, the best way to promote this stage is simply by talking to your child. The more language you expose them to the better.
Meow
Everyone, meet your baby sister
Bark! Bark!
Snoring
Which cry is that? Potty cry or startled cry?
bark!
bark!
Learning Sounds: BirthWhen babies are born, they can already respond to the rhythm of language. They will react to loud sounds, calm down or smile when spoken to, and have different cries for different needs as a form of communication.
Shhh, shhh it's okay baby girl. It was just the dogs barking
waaaa!!
Learning Sounds: 4 Months As early as 4 months, infants can distinguish the difference between language sounds and other noises. For example, they know the difference between a spoken word and a dog barking. At this age they also babble when excited or unhappy by making different sounds typically sounds that start with p, b, and m.