The above link would take you to a good article about the Power of Words. We know that words are powerful and can change lives but this article shows how to get children with hearing impairment to have access to Words and how to empower them.
Hart and Risley, 1995 said that the more words a child is exposed to the greater likelihood they will be strong communicators and readers.
Stanislas Dehaene in 2009 suggested that a developing brain needs to be exposed to 20 000 hours of spoken words before reading skills can begin.
Carol Flexer in her 2009 study found that children with hearing impairment needed to hear THREE times more exposure to new words and concepts than their hearing peers to understand.
The article suggest the following activities to improve the child's access to words.
- Just Talk
- Have Lots of Conversations
- Mystery Word
- Build on What They Know
- Play Their Way
- Connecting Home and School
- Digging for Words
So go over and have a good read.
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