ABSTRACT
The normal development of language and communication skills shows a great deal of variation and some children may continue to make grammatical errors until ten years or sometimes even late. The process of communicating starts from birth, and the development of communication into language and speech begins as the newborn baby draws its first breath. Communication is both verbal and non-verbal. The verbal part of communication is the words that are spoken. The non-verbal part consists of facial expression, such as smiling and frowning, eye contact, and gestures such as beckoning, pointing or waving. Body language also provides non-verbal information for the listener. The understanding and use of position words and vocabulary to describe size and colour gives children a more precise grasp of language. Intonation has an important role in communication because it is this melody which is one of the first features of speech and language that children both understand and produce.
