It is not too hard to encourage your child’s language development. I can say that: Talking together as habitually and naturally.
Talking with your baby
In newborn period, most of the babies are enjoy sleepy, they are not really interesting to listen to your voice or everything around them “we can say that they are look like the new phone which needed full charge for battery). Anyway, don’t feel terrible or feel like your baby know nothing from what you spoken. I started talked to my son since his was a newborn; I spoke whenever he opened his small eyes. He was tried to open his eyes, then he closed it. It is a sign that “I’m so sleepy mommy, let me sleep”. This is a cute sign from the newborn. Do you ever feel it? The baby will be passed from the sleeping period from one month and half old or two months (it is depending on babies). I was talked with my son every day, and when I finish talking, I gave him a turn and wait for his respond. The first is nothing from him. But when I tried every day, oh, yeah!! He did it. His first replying is babbling, it is the sounds of the baby, but I assume that his is replying, even he just playing to me. This is the great fun of language which I had met. I keep talking and going with him, I felt more understand about his language.
Keep talking everyday
You should choose the different words to talk with your baby, but don’t be use the technical words. Talk about what is happening and make sense to them. First, they may don’t understand what you are talking about, but soon they will do. I kept talking to my son every times “This morning you look so fresh” or “Are you hungry?”…
When your child becomes toddler, it is the time that you are telling them what you’re doing and what are happening. “This morning is a bit cool, wearing the thick clothes is good for you”… There are many things to talk with them. It doesn’t mean they are completed understood what you are talking about, at least they do it a little. In the same time you should introduce the new word to them because it is important for them to learn the meaning and function of the new words and they can continually exposed lots of different words in different context. The introducing new words here should be done step by step.
How come if parents are busy with their work? Who going to talk to the child if only few member in the family? What, I am talking less, how can I talk to my child or make them interesting in talking? Is it the genetic of talking less? My parents never told me that they were taught me to talk, but I still can talk finally.
I heard those questions from many difference parents. As experience of being a mom, I put my son in the first priority. Believe me; we don’t work full 7 days per week in 24 hours per day. We still have time to talk to our child, and you can make it happened. How come!! if you can spend many times with your job, but can’t spend some time to talk to your child? Time is going too fast, so don’t waste the time. You have many ways to talk to your child “I guess you may not think that, every minute you have talked to your child were called teaching”.
Let me share my experience of talking with my son. “Singing” I have sung many songs, some songs are express about my feeling, times, or things. “Playing toys with them” lots of words that you can teach your child by playing, just example: tell or ask them how to play it, do the toys have its name? If they don’t, you can ask your child to give the name to his/her toys. “Cooking” it doesn’t mean teach your son to cook, but, you can tell them what your food cook from, who going to eat, what vegetable you are going to use? “Take the bath” this is really fun for the children. Tell them to wash their hands, their legs, head and body, what you are going to use for washing them? Please introduce shampoo to them; bubble can make your child smile and sing. “Reading with them” this is can do before sleeping time or in morning. Make it become habit; you will be see how much your child improved. Reading is one of my son’s favorite. He has learnt lots from the books such as color, animal, vegetable, food and many things. Daily living is the good lesson learns for children. You should remember that “children are learning from what you did”.
Answer to your baby languages
You should take time to recognize to your child’s sign. This is really importance for improving your child’s communication. When they are growing up, they are using their own gestures and words. You have to respond to them by heart. As my son, when he wants to say “No” he would be shakes his head or crying, and this is really easy to understand. “Smiling” it is completely answer that they are happy or agree with you. The best encouragement to the child’s communication is responding from parents. So, keep respond to your child, and you will be amazed at how much they had said.
Child is the leader that you need to follow them
All their moments, talking, gesture or behaviors to you, you should respond to them. And make sure that you caught up the point they started. “What to do if you don’t know what your child point on?” You can repeat what your child says, but your repeating should not make any trouble feeling to them. Let me example, if your child say “milk”, you can say “do you want milk? Are you hungry?
Language development
Before starting their school, your children are learning more words and try to understand how to make sound in their language, how to start up their conversation, and how to respond to the questions. This is really importance time for them to learn how to combine many words together in a variety ways and build it in the different of sentences. You will know how amazing they are, and how proud you are, who touch them to be develop.
During school life, they are going to learn more words from many difference people and thing. This is doesn’t mean you finished your teaching. This time, you are the one who follow up their understanding within their new words and correct it if you found out they get wrong in their understanding with those wordsin positive behavior.