How Do You Encourage Child Language Development?
Babies are naturally wired to learn language from the moment they are born, but there are a few easy things parents can do to help children develop language skills at an accelerated rate. My baby said her first five word sentence a week before her first birthday! I had taken some excellent child brain development courses, and I would love to pass on the valuable information I learned–and saw work first hand–in the following easy to follow steps. Talk to your baby. It may seem obvious, but I have observed many parents who do not talk to their baby at the level needed to foster advanced language skills. While you are changing his/her diaper, tell him/her what you are doing. When you are grocery shopping, name the foods you are buying. When you leave the room, explain where you are going. Identify the pictures in books for your baby, then ask him or her to point to the pictures as you name them. The more words you speak to your baby each day, the more words he/she will learn. Always cor
