I would recommend talking to your baby as often as you can from the moment he is born; talk about anything and everything, sing to him, teach him nursery rhymes and read him books. a child is never too young to listen to a story or share a picture book, in my opinion.
Experts say that talking to a baby in a ‘sing-song’ voice gets the best response. I have always believed that talking in any voice helps them to learn to talk as they will mimic us.
I used to make up songs to sing to my children( although they now tell me that I have the worse singing voice) they seemed to enjoy it then!
Babies are thought to respond to language the most in the first 12 months of life and by the age of 2 years they start to communicate with one another experts report.
All 3 of my sons were slow talkers and attended speech therapy sessions to help develop their language.
As your child grows a little older it is important to speak clearly as they will copy your language correctly, they will copy what they hear so be aware of using words that you don’t want them to say ( children are experts at this!)
I have written an earlier post on helping and encouraging your child to speak .
As always questions/comments are welcome,
Until next time.
Karen
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Some children are very slow at talking but once they start they never stop. Slow talkers run in our family’s and they’ve improved with help from speech therapy . Another interesting topic Karen.
I used to sing everything to my kids, I still do. I love putting new words about the mundane task you’re doing to chart hits. It keeps me amused. (And My now older kids embarrassed 😜)
I found some of mine began with words and others with sentences. my triplets were the funnest, they had their own language before talking to the rest of us. #GlobalBlogging
LOVE this! And I think I enjoyed this aspect of my kids’ development most of all because it reveals so much about what’s happening inside their little heads.
I love when kids are learning to talk. I love to read, talk and sing to littles! #dreamteam
What a lovely post!
With my kids, I spoke to them about everything as babies. What I was doing, feeling, what I love about them – you know, whilst getting on and doing things. I like to think that it helped in their development.
Thanks, I’m sure that bit did x
Couldn’t agree more – my first was a very early talker, but we did a lot of language development activities together and also used makaton at home to help with communication #ablogginggoodtime
I love the initial babbling sounds that my baby girl is doing at the minute. My 2nd baby never babbled and took a while to speak but now the three older ones are very chatty. Language is so important though I agree and just the simple things will help our children.
Gosh yes, talking to our little ones is so important. I did this from the moment mine came into this world. And also reading too. It can be so relaxing for both mum and baby. Thank you for sharing with the #dreamteam
I am a big believer in this and I always spoke to both of my girls from day one. And sang to them all the time! My youngest daughter turned two in November and she is an unbelievable talker. Her speech is incredible, almost a little too good sometimes! I don’t know if all of my talking to her contributed to this but I like to think that it made a difference! #ablogginggoodtime
I learned some sign language with my eldest to encourage communication. Now he talks all the time (as do my other 2!) Thanks for linking up with #globalblogging
Agree with constant communication with your baby and talk in normal language not baby language #globalblogging
Everyone said my little one spoke early but I did talk constantly to her as there was noone else. But each child is different x Thanks for linking to #ablogginggoodtime
It is so interesting how children copy what they hear. My nephew has started speaking in a Birmingham accent and my sister worked out that it’s because his new key-worker at nursery is from Birmingham. But he’s not at nursery that often so the Brummy sounds must just be easy sounds to pick up! #KidsandKreativity
I remember my daughter being slow with her speach, and i was comparing her to others her age. But now she doesn;t stop! Thanks for linking up with #KidsandKreativity x