The first year of life is especially favorable for the development of speech. It is important to work on his "speech capital" from the first months of the child.The newborn still does not see well, does not move and does not speak independently, but nature has taken care of his ears, and it is necessary to use this natural gift as much as possible for a speech start.
Scoring of regime moments
From the first days of life, the child begins to absorb the words of adults. Comment on any of your actions, tell the crumb that he hears, sees, feels. Phrases should be short, from 2-3 words. Even better rhyme lines, they attract the attention of the baby, speed up the perception.
Awakening
My son woke up, Mame smiled.
Feeding
Your mommy has come, she brought you food.
Waking
What are you crying, baby? Why do not you sleep? You want to suck the milk! You want to play with Mummy!
Hygiene
My eyes, my little forehead, my cheeks, my nose.
When pronouncing words, try to articulate clearly and ... smile!
Biologists advise
Observing the behavior of animals, biologists unraveled the mechanism of speech development in children. Little children do not learn words, but imprint them. This process is called imprinting. There comes a time when the child "breaks": everything that he "recorded" in the first year, he actively begins to "reprimand".
Activation of walking and babbling
Children in the pre-speech period of development publish congenital sounds, the same for children of all nations. These are vowels "A", "O", "E", "U" and lip sounds closest to the sucking mechanism - "M", "B", "P". They all form the basis for the emergence of the first words: Mom, Dad, Baba, very similar in different languages.First, about 2 months, the baby begins to walk - "play" with the vowels. Then the babble - the first syllables - joins. It is proved that the walking and babbling testify to the good mood of the baby. Comfortable state of the child is when he is full, clean, his mother is near. It is in these moments that you display speech activity in the development of speech in a small baby. From the 2nd month, when the child begins to walk, support him in every possible way. More often say the elements of his walk: "uh-uh-uh-uh," "ua-ua-ua," "uooooooooooo," etc., how soon he will repeat for you.
Approximately from the 3rd month, when babbling occurs, more often say syllables such as: ba-ba-ba, ma-ma-ma, etc. By this, you actively launch the child's innate programs - he must walk and babble more.
Physical moment for "speech" muscles
In the cerebral cortex, the center for the development of speech in a small baby is adjacent to other centers:
- movements of the muscles of the face;
- movement of the fingers of the hand;
- tactile (touch) sensitivity of the face;
- perception of sounds and music;
- tactile sensitivity of the fingers.
With the help of facial and finger exercises, you help the speech center to ripen faster. This is facilitated by a light massage of the face and fingers. In addition, this "pumping" the muscles of the face and mouth, it will accelerate the appearance of walking, babbling and the first words. Use sounding toys, as often as possible, include your baby music, tapes or CDs with the sounds of nature. Mimic gymnastics in the first months of life is possible only due to congenital reflexes.
Congenital reflexes
A child is born with an arsenal of various congenital reflexes that help him survive. Some of them appear after birth. We use them for the development of the baby.
Suckling reflex
Feed the baby with the breast! Then his facial muscles will be developed better, this will help in the development of speech in a small baby. In your free time 3-4 times, put a clean finger in your mouth to make a few sucking movements.
Proboscis reflex
Lightly hit the child's lips with your finger. There will be a contraction of the circular muscle of the mouth, and the child will stretch the lips with the proboscis.
Search reflex
Do not touch your lips, stroke stroking the skin alternately in the corners of the mouth. The baby involuntarily lowers his lower lip, tilts his tongue to the side and turns his head.
Palmar-and-mouth reflex
It exists up to 2.5 months. A slight pressure on the tubercle at the base of the thumbs of the palm of the child causes the opening of the mouth and the bending of the head.
Let's play in the monkey?
Scientists have found that even a newborn can imitate the mimicry of the one who looks at him. Do not be afraid to grimace! When still it will be possible so to bend. The kid will capture your movements and after a while will start repeating them.
It is very important!
Teach your child to fix his attention on the face of the talking adult. When naming an object, a toy or speaking short phrases, try to catch the baby's eye as much as possible and keep it on your face. For this, you can gently take the crumbs of the cheeks and speak very affectionately.
Such a technique will improve the child's speech perception and further linguistic development.