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Symbols Build Communication and Thought: The Role of Gestures and Words in the Development of Engagement Skills and Social-Emotional Concepts during Toddlerhood
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Vallotton, Claire D.; Ayoub, Catherine C. – Social Development, 2010
Social skills and symbol skills are positively associated in middle childhood, but the relation between these domains is less clear in newly verbal toddlers. Vygotsky proposed that symbols are both tools for interaction and mental tools for thought. Do symbols help even very young children build skills for interacting with and conceptualizing the…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Mothers, Social Development, Social Cognition