Action Quote by Lev S. Vygotsky

From the earliest moments of life, children begin to learn the fundamentals of language. The most powerful influence for effective language development are the…

— David Perlmutter

Children must master the language of things before they master the language of words.

— Friedrich Frobel

Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.

— Aleksandar Hemon

“Handling and use by able minds give value to a language, not so much by innovating as by filling it out with more vigorous…

— Michel de Montaigne

We learn differently as children than as adults. For grown-ups, learning a new skill is painful, attention-demanding, and slow. Children learn unconsciously and effortlessly.

— Alison Gopnik

“the behaviors and skills we want and expect our kids to demonstrate, like sound decision making, control of their emotions and bodies, empathy, self-understanding,…

— Daniel J. Siegel

Language does for intelligence what the wheel does for the feet and the body. It enables them to move from thing to thing with…

— Marshall McLuhan

We find that the child who does not yet have language at his command, the child under two and a half, will be able…

— Selma Fraiberg

The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers.

— Toni Morrison

Language helps form the limits of our reality.

— Dale Spender

Emphasizing effort gives a child a variable that they can control. They come to see themselves as in control of their success. Emphasizing natural…

— Carol S. Dweck

Some innate capacity - some part of the human genetic endowment - enters into language acquisition. That much is uncontroversial among those who believe…

— Noam Chomsky