Speaking speaking, understanding how other people speak, expressing your own thoughts, emotions and feelings through language are essential skills for every person. The degree of development, timeliness and correctness of these skills depends on the environment in which the child grows up, the quality and quantity of practice, conscious activities with the child on the part of the parents.
Necessary
- - expert advice;
- - books for children;
- - toys;
- - educational games.
Instructions
Step 1
You should not expect immediate results from a child; there is no strict age limit for speech. Each baby begins to speak at the moment when he is ready for it.
Step 2
Start talking to your baby from the first days of his birth. The child begins to catch your appeal and attention to him from the first weeks of life. So the sooner you start, the sooner his consciousness will begin to respond to you. Talk to your child, read nursery rhymes, sing songs. It is important to maintain a benevolent intonation - after all, it is her child who begins to "read" in the first place.
Step 3
Do not expect immediate results from your child during the first six months of his life. This stage is usually called "pre-speech", it is preparation for mastering speech. When the first signs of "humming" appear, and then "babbling" (pronouncing the first sounds on your own), react to them, let the baby know that you hear him. You should not be zealous with the repetition of the sounds that he makes. It is best to answer in words, clearly, calmly, with a benevolent intonation.
Step 4
Try not to miss the moment when your child begins to react not only to intonation and individual syllables and sounds, but to the whole words. This happens at about 10 months of age. But already from 6 months a child can read books, show toys, naming them, introduce the first elementary educational games.
Step 5
Read to your baby correctly. First, choose high-quality literature accessible to the child (fortunately, there are plenty of such literature in bookstores now). Second, read slowly, pronouncing each word clearly. If the book has illustrations, show them to your child. If you notice that the child reacts to pictures or individual words, let him “speak out” to the end. Listen to his reaction and only then continue reading. It is important in the process of reading to let the child understand that they are being listened to and understood.
Step 6
Encourage your child to speak the first words and word combinations. This usually occurs between the ages of one and two years. Express your approval with a response that is appropriate intonation. At the age of three years, the child already begins to delve into the grammatical system. Make sure that he builds sentences correctly, correctly connects words. But do not press on him, talk to him calmly, do not overload him.
Step 7
Try to provide your child with sufficient communication during the preschool stage of development. This usually happens by itself when the child is sent to kindergarten. But if for any reason your baby is at home most of the time, do it yourself, take him for a walk in the park or yard. Continue reading to him, playing more complex games with him that stimulate communication and his reaction to your words and actions, attend various events with him.
Step 8
Attend speech therapist classes with your child if, at the preschool or school stage, he cannot pronounce certain sounds correctly. At this time, there is an intensive increase in the lexicon, the grammatical structure of speech develops. There may be defects in the pronunciation of various sounds (L, R, K and others). The kid will be grateful to you when he grows up, believe me. Only a specialist can determine whether it is possible to correct a particular speech defect.
