How to teach children to speak

Children are the most beautiful and purest things in the world. As the saying goes, if you want your child to be better than others, you must first not let your child lose at the starting line. Especially when a child starts to speak, it is a relatively important stage in a child’s life and it is the starting line for children. So how can you teach children to speak quickly and effectively in daily life? Today we will tell parents some life tips on how to teach children to speak.

1: Have a conversation as early as possible

Don’t wait until your baby can speak before talking to him. You can start “talking” to your baby as early as possible, even from the moment he is born. Of course, this conversation should be conducted mostly in non-verbal form, such as carefully recording and identifying the type of crying your baby does (hunger, sleepiness, tiredness, fear, etc. each have their own way of crying), and giving corresponding responses and satisfaction. Of course, this requires gradual exploration. Don't expect to become the "worm in your child's stomach" all of a sudden. If the baby ignores your reaction for a while, you can wait patiently for a while or use eye contact, physical contact and other means to make the baby respond. In addition, as the baby grows up, his ways of expression become richer and richer, and he begins to make various babbling sounds. At this time, if you imitate the baby, he will definitely be very happy.

2. Use “Mom’s Language”

In real life, when mothers (or other family members) talk to babbling babies, they often unconsciously slow down their speech, raise their voices, and use exaggerated tones to say or repeat short words or sentences. This is the so-called "mom talk." Babies are very fond of this because slow speaking speed, exaggerated tone, high pitch and repetition are the easiest for babies to understand, which can help them feel and learn language better. This is not difficult to understand. Just imagine communicating with a foreigner for the first time, and you will know our feelings and needs.

3: Be your baby’s “tour guide”

Babies are "new guests" in this world. Even the most basic things like bathing and eating are confusing to them. At this time, we need to be the baby's "tour guide", such as using a friendly voice and changing tones to tell the baby about the things and events he is facing. For example, you can tell him, "The baby is ringing the bell," "Mommy is changing your diaper," etc. When the baby starts to leave his mother or what he is doing and look at other people or other things, we should not rigidly say to the child what we want to say (such as what we are doing), but follow the child's attention, such as "What you see is an uncle", "That is a big tree", etc. Such a natural and friendly language "tour guide" is very effective in improving children's language skills and is also beneficial to their social development.

The education of children should start from infancy. Teaching children to speak not only cultivates their language ability and healthy development, but also promotes communication between children and parents, thereby increasing parent-child affection. I hope that the above tips on how to teach children to speak can help parents who are at a loss as to what to do when their children are still babbling. The editor here wishes your baby to grow up healthy and happy!