Help Your Child Talk
Last Updated on Sunday, 22 March 2009 06:15 Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54
Help your child talk
While most infants are preprogrammed to learn language no matter what you do, you can implement certain strategies to help your child. Each child is unique and learning styles differ. However, we have found strategies to help a wide variety of children learn to talk. These strategies can be helpful whether your child is behind or ahead in his/her language skills. Hearing your child's first words is precious. Helping your child learn to talk is fun and rewarding.
Learning Names
Last Updated on Sunday, 08 November 2009 04:48 Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54
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A fun way to teach your child a name like "Mama" or "Daddy" is to call out the name of the person. I do this often with my toddler even when she already knows how to say a name to give her more practice using words. Here is an example of how you can use calling to help your child say "Daddy."
Sitting on the floor next to child.
Mother calling to Dad in other room: Daddy, Daaaaaaaaaaaaddy, Daddyyyyyyyyyyy
Mother: pausing to give child a chance to say Daddy
Mother: Daddy, Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaddy, Daddy
Pausing to give child a chance to say Daddy
It is a simple yet effective strategy when used periodically. You may want to let the Daddy know what you are doing first though.
You can use this to teach many different words. You can look out a window and call a car or a dog. You can also call sibling's names or call for a hidden toy.
