No one will tell you exactly at what age it is worth starting to develop your child's speech at home, but what all pediatricians agree with is that from the very birth you need to start communicating with your baby, talking to him. The "foundation" of speech development consists of the first contacts of parents with the child: affectionate touches, tender words and conversations of parents, smiles and lullabies. Do not be distracted from everyday household affairs, talk with the child, tell him about the world around him, sing, ask - involve him into the conversation, even if his answer is a cry or a curious look.
The development of speech in the first six months of a child's life
After six months your baby begins to understand your speech. At this age a new stage of communication between the baby and parents is formed - he actively studies the outside world, listens to the speech of parents and remembers it. In this case, the child can understand the spoken word, but, of course, is not yet ready to reproduce it - this process is also called the formation of a passive vocabulary. To develop the child's speech at home, at the age of six to seven months, it is very important to show the emotional component of speech - to read poems, tell tales, while changing the timbre of voice, tone and strength of sounds. Do not forget to start developing fine motor skills, doing massage of hands and feet every day.
Development of the speech of the child in 8-9 months
At this age, the child is already actively repeating the sounds that he often hears, the first appear: "ma" - "na". The child begins to react vividly to the questions: "Who is your mother? And where is your father? ", Pointing to his parents, or responds with his attention, if they call his name. He can easily find his favorite toys at the mention. At this age it is important to support the development of the child's speech, repeating with him small words or syllables, to tell stories or read poems.
Development of speech at one-year-old age
Vocabulary for the first year of the child's life can be about ten words. In this case, it is easy enough for him to repeat all new words and sounds, although he himself does not use them. Children form their own language, which is understandable only to them and sometimes to their parents. Usually it occurs at a half-year's age. At this age, it is also worthwhile gradually switching to drawing with paints, pencils, stucco plasticine, laces and fingered theater, which will allow us to start developing sensorimotorics. But do not forget to talk with your child and read books together.
For the development of sensory technology, suggest that the child sit his favorite toys in the auditorium and, placing the heroes on each child's finger, ask the child to show the performance-performance, helping him in the voice acting and management of the characters. So that the child begins to develop his own thought, speaking, pause in speech.
What will help develop your child's interest and curiosity? Lacing! In addition to an excellent solution for the development of motor and child's eyeball, it helps to activate the child's speech skills.
All means are good! And widely applicable. Thus, plasticine, pencils, markers and paints, which develop small motor skills, simultaneously serve as a means for the development of the child's creativity. Help the kid to draw a circle, a triangle, just a line, let him take care of the coloring of the characters in the coloring book, sculpts the kolobok from plasticine, sausages and divides it into several parts.
The development of speech of a three-year-old child
At the age of three, the child begins to actively use his speech. All the toys that need to be assembled-dismantled: various designers, cubes, mosaics, other prefabricated models - allow the child not only to develop his finger motility, but also to talk more actively. The kid calls the objects on the cubes, tells how tall his tower will be built, tells about all the residents of the erected house and becomes a direct member of this house, taking on the role of a caring mother or a good doctor. In such role-playing games, the child's passive reserve of words begins to turn into an active one.
It is very important to start communicating with your child from his early days - singing songs to him, reading poems, playing toys. And very soon he will please you with the right and emotional speech.