Object play as a mediator of the role of exploration in communication skills development.

Infant Behavior & Development
Edna Orr

Abstract

In this study, we investigated exploration and language development, particularly whether preliminary object play mediates the role of exploration in gesture and speech production. We followed 27 infants, aged 8-17 months, and gathered data on the frequency of their exploration, preliminary functional acts with single or multiple objects, and communicative behaviors (e.g., gesturing and single-word utterances). The results of our path analysis indicated that exploration had a direct effect on single-object play, which, in turn, affected gesturing and advanced object play. Gesturing as well as single and multi-object play affected speech production. These findings suggest that exploration is associated with language development. This association may be facilitated by object play milestones in which infants recall the object's function, which strengthens their memory and representation skills. Further, recalling the usage of an object by the caregivers may encourage an infant's overall imitation tendency, which is important for learning how to communicate with gestures and words.

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