What language do children think in before they can speak?
A baby doesn't know how to speak English or Spanish or Dutch or whatever. So how do know what language to think in,
I saw something where deaf parents taught sign language to their baby and the baby could sign from around six months because motor skills develop faster than vocal chords. That suggests that they might think visually, it's just they don't usually have a way of communicating until vocal chords and speech develops.
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HumanEarth · F
MrVintage71 · 51-55, M
@PatientlyWaiting25 used to take all my kids to ding and sign when little, amazed they'd communicate with hand signals before words came out ( most usual sign was for more food!!) x
PatientlyWaiting25 · 46-50, F
@MrVintage71 I wish I'd known about that especially for my autistic son, I think it would have helped no end ☺
WillaKissing · 61-69, M
Muthafukajones · 46-50, M
We think in terms of colours and shapes before we have language. Most people say the name of a new person several times when meeting them like…
Lisa Lisa Lisa.
It’s better to associate the new person with something visual like saying their name with a colour or a shape. Blue eyed Lisa. Green eyes John. Otherwise the method of saying the name a few times like most people do in their head fails.
Lisa Lisa Lisa.
It’s better to associate the new person with something visual like saying their name with a colour or a shape. Blue eyed Lisa. Green eyes John. Otherwise the method of saying the name a few times like most people do in their head fails.
HumanEarth · F
That's a great point of view