Browsing by Author "Karhu, Milja"

Linguistic development is one of the most important things in people’s lives. With language, you can collect and store information and that’s why language is so important of what comes to any learning. The purpose of this study was to find out how kindergarten teachers support children aged 0–3 linguistic development in kindergartens. Material for this study was gathered using a theme interview. I interviewed three kindergarten teachers, who had experience of working in kindergarten with children aged 0–3. The interviews were individual interviews and the material was recorded and transcribed. According to the results of the study kindergarten teachers had many different means for supporting the linguistic development. Kindergarten teachers used pictures, naming, conversations with children, music, rhymes and tales. The most useful and easiest to use was naming and conversations with children. The teachers said that these two means are the easiest to use in everyday basis and they support the development the most.