When a child turns two years old, the process of active speech development accelerates. But it happens differently for every baby. Some children speak at once in coherent small sentences, while others pronounce only separate words. In any case, parents should help the child in the further formation of correct speech.
Features of the pronunciation of some sounds by children of two years old
By the age of two, a child is often unable to pronounce all sounds. The age norm in two years is a clear pronunciation of the vowels "a", "y", "and", "o". But the sounds "y", "e" are often replaced by children with the sound "and". As for the consonants, most of them are still very difficult to pronounce for babies. Therefore, they replace some hard consonants with soft ones, which are easier to pronounce. This also applies to the front-lingual sounds "g", "d", "s", "z". Then instead of “give” they say “dyay” and so on. In speech, there may be no hissing sounds and sounds "l", "pb", "r".
Most children at two years old should be able to pronounce the following sounds correctly: "p", "p", "b", "b", "m", "m", "f", "p", "p", " v, vv, t, t, d, d, n, n, n, s, l, k, k, g, "Z", "x", "x". You should not run to a speech therapist in panic if the child has difficulty mastering whistling and hissing, as well as "p", "pb", "l". He can replace them with simpler ones or skip altogether.
What activities are useful for the development of children's speech at 2 years old
It is worth starting by looking at the pictures together. You can ask your child to name the objects depicted. You need to discuss with him everything that is around as often as possible. On a walk, you can show him the surrounding objects or phenomena. And in the future, ask the child to name them yourself. Thus, passive vocabulary will be replenished. The child will begin to distinguish between prepositions (y, for, in, about, etc.), adverbs (far, close, high, low, etc.), pronouns (there, here).
Be sure to read books to your child. This is one of the first rules for successful speech development. After reading the book, discuss what you read. It is useful for the child to restore the plot from memory himself. To do this, parents need to ask clarifying questions. The simplest fairy tales ("Teremok", "Turnip") can also be played out: open and close the door of an imaginary house, imitate the sounds of fairy-tale characters.
Poems, songs and counting rhymes are useful to memorize not only for the development of memory. This has a positive effect on the development of speech. It is necessary to stimulate an independent children's monologue as often as possible. Let the baby himself answer the question "what?", Describing things or phenomena. It is useful to pay attention to the detailed description of the surrounding objects. For example, a flower consists of a stem, leaves, petals. Petals vary in color and shape, etc. Due to this, the child will quickly replenish the vocabulary.
Puzzles will help develop the speech of a two-year-old child. He may try to describe the resulting picture. Such activities contribute to the development of fine motor skills. And it has a positive effect on the development of speech. Therefore, the benefits of collecting puzzles are twofold.
You can do articulatory gymnastics. This will facilitate the further pronunciation of many sounds. Two minutes a day is enough to fold your lips with a tube with your baby in front of the mirror. These and other activities, as well as the efforts of parents, will help make the child's speech correct and competent.
