The period from 6 months to a year is very important for the development and further formation of the child's speech. By the age of one, the baby recognizes about 90-100 words and almost all of your intonations. Children begin to talk at different ages: some at a year, some at two, and some at three. There is no definite norm, but so that the silence does not drag on, you need to help the child in the development of speech.
How to develop a child's speech up to a year
Intonation is the first thing a child learns to recognize in this world. That is why so much is said about the dangers of quarrels in front of a child - even being in another room, a child can pick up the mother's irritated voice and perceive it as a threat.
By the age of 1 year, the ability to understand words still outstrips the ability to reproduce them. But this does not mean at all that it is necessary to urge the child and talk to him in a “repeat the word” format. Such a mechanical structure of speech in infancy drives the matrix of the child's speech into a strict framework, depriving it of improvisation in the future. A variety of techniques and exercises are available to trigger speech.
All mothers know that it is necessary to constantly talk with the child. Scientists have proven that the more various words a baby hears in a period of up to a year, the better his intellectual abilities develop in the future. With the appearance of a child in your family, you need to switch to “radio mode - not just talk to the child at the moment of contact with him, but also comment on everything that happens around, your actions, surrounding objects and their purpose.
The essence of the method is to teach the child new syllables. Enter into a dialogue with the child using the same syllables as he himself. Each time, change the order of pronunciation of the syllables - sometimes in single, then in series of several syllables. Each lesson introduce new syllables that sound similar to those that the child already knows and uses.
As mentioned above, a child under 1 year old is well versed in intonation and can imitate them. Choose a syllable that the child is familiar with and pronounce it in different intonations, with different sound levels. This helps to understand the difference in the pronunciation of the same sound, and also introduces the concept of "soft-loud".
It's time to start learning with your child the sounds that animals or different objects make. Every time you read a book with your child, or bathe him with toys in the bathroom, take the object and imitate the sound it makes. The effect of this activity is enhanced by the use of different analogs of the same or the same object / animal. For example, in a book you point to a cow and say, “the cow says to moo,” you do the same when you point to a toy cow.
This method trains the child's associative memory and logic, further helping to easily recognize the modified analogs of familiar objects and identify them.
This activity develops the child's ability to find objects by their sound. Place your child's favorite musical toys in different places in the room, but so that the child can visually find the toy. Next, emotionally ask: "where is the bear / cat / piano?", Encouraging the child to search for a favorite subject.
