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Home / Health News / Child’s ability to self-regulate is tied to childhood language and literacy development

Child’s ability to self-regulate is tied to childhood language and literacy development

Self-regulation is children's abilities to keep information in their working memories, pay attention to tasks and even to inhibit behaviors that might prevent them from accomplishing tasks.

By: ANI   | | Published: May 25, 2018 2:34 pm
Tags: Language  Language development  Learning  Reading  

Turns out, reading bedtime stories is not the only key to success when it comes to developing language and literacy at a young age among kids. According to a study conducted by the Michigan State University, a child’s ability to self-regulate is a critical element in childhood language and literacy development, and that the earlier they can hone these skills, the faster language and literacy skills development leading to better skills in the long run.
“Self-regulation is an umbrella term to define children’s abilities to keep information in their working memories, pay attention to tasks and even to inhibit behaviors that might prevent them from accomplishing tasks,” said Lori Skibbe, lead author of the study.
Through her research, Skibbe found that children who could self-regulate earlier had higher language and learning skills through at least second grade.
“We’ve known that there is a relationship between self-regulation and language and literacy, but our work shows that there is a lasting impact. The early advantage of self-regulation means children are learning these critical languages and literacy skills earlier and faster, which sets the stage for developing additional skills earlier as well,” Skibbe said.
Skibbe and her research team assessed 351 children twice a year from preschool to second grade, on both self-regulation and on language and literacy.
When assessing self-regulation, the children were asked to play a game that required them to follow prompts from the researchers.
“We asked them to touch their heads, shoulders, knees, and toes, similar to the childhood ‘Simon Says’ game,” Skibbe said. “Then, we reversed or mixed the commands to see who could follow based on the instructions they retained.”
When assessing academic development, Skibbe looked at four language and literacy skills: comprehension; vocabulary; early decoding, or the ability to identify letters of the alphabet and read short words; and phonological awareness, or understanding the sound structure of language.
Some children are biologically predisposed to develop self-regulation skills earlier, Skibbe said, but there are things parents can do to help them in their development.
“By nature, humans are not effective multitaskers, and children need time where they focus on only one thing,” she said.
“Parents need to be aware of how their children can regulate their own behavior based on what’s going on around them. Parents can structure their home environment and routines in ways that support children,” Skibbe said.
A full night of sleep, playing games with children and having time without distractions in the background are things you might not think help language and literacy development, but they do.”
The study is published in the journal Early Childhood Research Quarterly. (ANI) Also Read - 3 books single parents should read with their children

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