Ways to Nurture Your Child's Speech Development
While it is true that all children develop at their own pace when it comes to speech, there are ways you can nurture their development. Today on Blossoming Tuesday I talk about how you can support your child’s speech development to help them blossom. I discuss how language develops from birth to preschool age and I break down the first five years of speech development. I also explain how important it is to understand that your child’s communication abilities may not parallel their emotional age until age seven and I give tips to help with speech development and explain the connection between language and movement. I discuss games and activities that can support speech. Finally, I explain the importance of solo play to assist in language development. Tune in to We Nurture Podcast to help your child’s speech blossom!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Introducing today’s topic: Speech Development.
- A brief overview of how speech develops from birth to preschool age.
- Year one: crying and the dangers of letting them cry.
- Three to six months: laughing.
- Six to nine months: two-syllable words and understanding meaning.
- 12 to 18 months: imitating sound and pitch.
- 18 to 24 months: two-word sentences.
- Year two: naming things and the dangers of correcting your child.
- Year three: multiple words, even sentences with lots of words, asking why and the use of “I”.
- Year four: complex sentences.
- Year five: good vocabulary and complex sentence structure.
- The importance of understanding your child’s emotional age.
- Tips to help with your child’s speech development.
- The connection between movement and speech development.
- How reading, songs, and nursery rhymes help with language.
- How rapid movement games and household chores support speech development.
- The importance of allowing your child alone time to digest what they’ve learned.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Three Little Deers and the Great Storm
