Memory Language DevelopmentVersion en ligne Learn about How Do Children Learn Language? par Shirley Michelle Niquinga Toapanta Language Development Stage 1: Learning Sounds Language Development Stage 1: Learning Sounds Infants can distinguish between language sounds and other noise. Language Development Stage 3: Learning Sentences They can put words in the correct order. Children continue to expand their vocabulary and develop more complex language. Language Development Stage 3: Learning Sentences Language Development Stage 2: Learning Words. At this point, children are able to attach meanings to words. Babies learn which phonemes belong to the language they are learning and which don’t. Language Development Stage 2: Learning Words. Children are not learning words, exactly. They are actually learning morphemes,which are the smallest, discrete chunks words can be broken into.