For Parents
We have produced a number of free resources on child language development for parents and people working with young children. These are made available on this page and can be shared freely.
Magazine Articles
Short Talks
- Watch our series of short talks about how children learn to communicate with language.
Webchats with our researchers
- A number of our researchers have been taken part in live webchats about child language development. Read the transcripts from these live chats.
What do babies know when?
- Our Stages of Language Development resource highlights some interesting facts about what typically developing children know about language at different ages from 0-2 years. Based on the Stages of Language Development materials, our LuCiD team has created two short family friendly videos.
-
Our very own Prof Ben Ambridge presents a series of short films for BBC Tiny Happy People on baby development and language milestones. Each of the five short videos covers a communication milestone from a baby's first year and explains the science behind it. Watch all the videos here or jump to the milestone that interests you the most below:
Language Development Milestones
-
How does it come about that within the first few years of a child's life, babies master language - one of the most complex phenomena.The following two short videos will take you on a journey through your child's language development in the first two years of life.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- See our FAQs page. If your question isn't there, get in touch with us to ask your question.