Problem: As Lev Vygotsky believed language was a mental tool with two roles invitimng "the child to imagine, manipulate, create new ideas, and share those ideas with others" (as cited in Bodrova & Leong, 2007, p. 14). So not only do children use language in their thinking processes, they also use language in their social interactions with others. How children make meaning relies on their thinking processes, which in turn, rely on literacy. summarise