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10 Secret Words to Know to Better Speak With Your Children

Below are the 10 secret words to know to better speak with your children:
whisper, maybe, sorry, stop, where are your eyes, learn, you can, be present, always, and laugh

Whisper

Raising your voice is a manifestation of weakness. Moreover, children, particularly small, are responsive to the speech tone more than its content. How do you make your child obey you without elevating your voice?

It is noted time and time again that bending over to your child’s ear, having established eye contact before, and starting talking very quietly — is the most effective way to get your child’s attention.… Read More

Role-Play Games for Kids

Role-play games are very popular among kids up to 12 year old. The faster you offer the games adults play the better.

If a child has come to you with a request to “play”, brought his/her favorite teddy bears or horses, even the look of which makes you sick and tired, do not get frustrated, use one of these ideas to quickly come up with a role-playing game.… Read More

Your baby’s speech and language skills from birth to 30 months

From the time they are born, children start communicating. Very early in their lives, they learn to understand what you are saying and to make sounds of their own. They are beginning to develop speech and language skills. As a rule, those skills will help them to make friends and learn how to read. Furthermore, later those skills will help them to succeed at school and in life.

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Encouraging Your Child’s Language

By age one

Activities to encourage your child’s language

  • Respond to your child’s coos, gurgles, and babbling, so they will participate
  • Talk to your child as you care for him or her throughout the day
  • Read colorful books to your child every day causing them to develop color senses
  • Tell nursery rhymes and sing songs
  • Teach your child the names of everyday items and familiar people
  • Take your child with you to new places and situations
  • Play simple games with your child such as “peek-a-boo” and “pat-a-cake”

Between one and two

Activities to encourage your child’s language

  • Reward and encourage early efforts by saying new words
  • Talk to your baby about everything you’re doing while you’re with him
  • Speak simply, clearly, and slowly to your child while explaining relevant things
  • Talk about new places before you go, while you’re there, and when you are back home
  • Look at your child when he or she talks to you
  • Describe what your child is doing, feeling, hearing as soon as they have any problem
  • Let your child listen to children’s records and tapes
  • Praise your child’s efforts to communicate

Between two and three

Activities to encourage your child’s language

  • Repeat new words several times
  • Help your child listen and follow instructions by playing games: “pick up the ball,” “Touch Daddy’s s nose”
  • Take your child on trips and talk about what you see before, during and after the trip
  • Let your child tell you answers to simple questions
  • Read books every day, perhaps as part of the bedtime routine
  • Listen attentively as your child talks to you
  • Describe what you are doing, planning, thinking
  • Have the child deliver simple messages for you (Mommy needs you, Daddy )
  • Carry on conversations with the child, preferably when the two of you have some quiet time together
  • Ask questions to get your child to think and talk
  • Show the child you understand what he or she says by answering, smiling, and nodding your head
  • Expand what the; child says.
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Your preschool child’s speech and language development

Your preschool child is busy talking, exploring and playing. All of these activities are important for his or her growth and development – and for learning communication skills. Your child will need well-developed communication skills when it’s time to start going to school – to make friends, learn new things, and start learning to read and write. Communication skills are critical to your child’s future success.You… Read More