How to teach your baby to speak? You need to do these things to teach your baby to speak

Babies will call mom and dad when they are about half a year old, and can say a few scattered words when they are one year old. Mom and dad should guide the baby to speak during the period when the baby is learning to speak, such as pointing out daily objects or telling stories to the baby.

How to teach your baby to talk

8-12 months old baby, attention to speech improves, some simple language commands also respond. He may speak some ambiguity, because he is still trying to adapt to the changes of different tones.

1. Say "Dad and Mom"

Starting from 6 months, some babies can make the sounds of "papa" and "mama". At the beginning, they don't associate the real you with the words, so they often point to themselves and say "Mom, this is Mom". When they call out for the first time, you must be filled with emotion.

2. Shake your head to mean “no”

After the baby is 7-8 months old, he will respond to some simple instructions, such as the baby grabs the mother's glasses, the mother shakes her head to indicate no, and pushes the baby's hand away. The baby will gradually learn simple movements such as shaking his head.

3. Use only one word to refer to the same thing

For example, if you say "cat" today and "mimi" tomorrow, at this stage, it is best to use a fixed and unique word to express the same object to avoid confusion for the baby.

4. Identify daily objects + help from physical cards

To identify common tables, sofas, fish tanks, etc. in life, you can try to show your baby real cards after 8 months. Generally, he may be able to identify some familiar objects around 10 months. Object recognition cards should firmly use real objects, not those deformed cartoons, cute ones, or pure photo recognition cards. This will make it easier for babies to connect with life and understand more easily.

5. Storytelling is a must

Babies do not have a strong concentration on picture books. Before the age of one, the main choices are tear-resistant cloth books, rounded-corner environmentally friendly cardboard books, etc. He will flip through the pages when he is interested, and does not emphasize listening to a complete story.

1-18 months old baby learns to speak After 1 year old, the baby seems to suddenly understand everything you say. When you say you want to have lunch, he will run to the dining table with a bowl. When you say you need to find shoes, he will help you get them. His ability to understand far exceeds what he can say.

Is there any correlation between a baby's speech and intelligence?

There is no direct correlation between the early or late speech of a baby and intelligence. It is true that many babies who speak early have higher intelligence, but there are exceptions. Many children with normal or higher intelligence may also have late language development. For example, the famous scientist Einstein could not speak at the age of 4. His parents even thought he was dumb. He could not speak fluently until he was 9. Therefore, intelligence cannot be judged simply by the early or late speech.

Under normal circumstances, the time at which each child starts to speak is very different. Some children start to speak single words at eight months old, and can speak simple sentences before they are one year old. Some children have normal intellectual development, but they can only speak at the age of three or four, and some are even later. Generally speaking, girls speak earlier than boys.

Why do some children speak later?

There are three reasons for this: physiological, psychological and environmental. Physiologically, if the baby's hearing or pronunciation organs are abnormal, then it will lead to the inability to pronounce. For example: the frenulum is too short (the tongue is stretched out in an "M" or "W" shape), cleft lip, cleft palate, hearing impairment, etc. Psychologically, you should pay attention to the baby's usual performance to see if there are psychological problems such as autism. If you find any, you should seek medical treatment as soon as possible. The environment is also an important factor that affects the baby's speech. In a very closed or too quiet family, the baby has too few opportunities to contact the outside environment, which will also cause the baby to speak late.

Use less baby talk with your children

There is no need to use baby talk when speaking to children around 0-3 years old. If the adults around them always think that babies can only listen to baby talk and speak to them in baby talk, then it will be difficult for the children to master standard language. Furthermore, the reason why babies can master standard language is not entirely because of their parents talking to them, but because of frequent conversations between their parents and people around them. If the child has a strong ability to accept, then after a few months, even if you don't talk to the child in baby talk, the child should be able to understand general words.

Therefore, we should speak to children in standard language when they are infants. If we wait until children go to kindergarten to correct their habit of speaking baby talk, it will increase the burden on the children and be detrimental to their physical and mental development.