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How to Encourage Your Toddler to Talk: Helpful Tips

If you want to develop language skills in your toddler, here are some handy activities. They sure will improve your childu2019s ability to speak. Encouraging your toddler to talk through some fun activities and praising their efforts will show results. Read more<br>

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How to Encourage Your Toddler to Talk: Helpful Tips

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  1. HowtoEncourageYourToddlertoTalk:HelpfulTips HowcanIimprovemychild’sabilitytospeak,isacommonrefrainamongyoungparents.Sureenoughyouwanttoseeyourtoddlerdeveloplanguageskillsandspeaknineteentoadozen!Beforewesharesomehelpfultipstohelpyourchildtalk,itisworthmentioningthattoddlerspickuplanguageskillsattheirownpace.Sounlessthereareanybigmilestonesthattheyaremissingtheremaynotbecausetoworry. Hereiswhatyoucandotoencouragespeech&helpdeveloptheirlanguageskills.Someoftheexercisestohelp2yearoldtalk,include: 1.Read,Read,Read Thereisnothingquitelikehelpingyourchildexpandhisorhervocabularythantoreadtothem.A2019study,wentontoshowhowhavingonebookreadtothechildeachday,exposesthechildto 1.4millionmorewordsascomparedtothosechildrenwhoaren’treadto,bykindergarten.Readingisalsoagreatwaytobondwiththechildandofferyoucoachablemomentstohelpthechilddevelopimportantlifeskills!Singingtothechild,whetheritistheirfavouritelullabyorasongisalsoawell-lovedactivitytohelptoddlerswithspeech.

  2. Conversewiththechild • Evenifthechildisn’tveryvocal,itwillhelptotalktothechild.Themoreyoutalkandexpressyourself,theeasieritwillbeforthetoddlertolearnthelanguage.Youcantalktothemaboutyourday,ifyouareoutforawalk,talktothemaboutwhatyouseearound;theoptionsareunlimited.Makesurethoughthatyouusesimplewordsandshortsentencesthatareageappropriate.Evenifthechilddoesnotreplyorusessignlanguagetocommunicatetheirneeds,makesureyoudonotgiveuptalking.Soifthechildpointstohistoycar,itwillbeagoodideatogoontosay“ yesthatisyourcar.” Asfaraspossibledoexpandonthechild’sresponses.Soifthechildmentionsthecar,goaheadandsay“ yesit’syourred,toycar.” • Don’tbabytalk • Whodoesn’tliketohearthatadorablebabytalk?Goaheadandenjoyitbyallmeansbutdonotuseityourself.Infact,whenthechildreferstosomethinginbabylanguage,makesureyouusetherightusageinyourresponse. • Givethemchoices • Givingthechildchoiceswillnotonlyimprovetheircommunicationskillsbutalsocriticalthinkinganddecisionmakingabilities.Sonexttimeinsteadofofferingbreakfasttothechild,offerhimtwohealthyoptionstochoosefrom.Iftheygesticulate,gentlyencouragethemtousewordsinstead. • Seeminglysmalltipssuchasthesewillhelpyourchildtalk. • LimitScreenTime • Believeitornotincreasedscreentimedoesnotjustharmthechild’seyes,italsoleadstolanguagedelays.Aspera2018studyincreasedscreentimein18montholdsfoundaclearcorrelationwithspeechdelays.Itisinteractionwithothers,asopposedtostaringatascreenthatcanhelpwithlanguagedevelopment.Forkidsbetweentheagesof2to5,typicallynomorethan1hourofscreentimeperday,thoughnotatastretch,maybeideal. • Whatifyourtoddlerisn’ttalking? • Ifdespiteallyoureffortsyourtoddlerishavingtroubletodeveloplanguageskills,itwillbegoodtoproactivelylookforsymptomsofalanguagedelay.Someofthesesymptomsinclude: • Nottalkingbytheageof2 • Havinglimitedvocabulary

  3. Troubleputtingtogetherasentence • Troubleunderstandingsimplerequests • Shouldyoubefacinganyoftheseissuesorgenerallyhaveconcerns,itwillbegoodtospeaktothechild’spediatrician.Languagedelayscanoccuronaccountofarangeofissuesincludingbutnotlimitedto: • Hearingimpairments • Intellectualdisabilities • AutismSpectrumDisorder • Adetailedassessmentofthechildwouldhelprevealtheunderlyingcauseandsolutionscouldberecommendedaccordingly. • ToSumUp • Childrendevelop language skillsattheirindividualpace.Itisthereforeunfairtocompareonechildtotheother.Rememberalsothattalkingcanbefrustratingfortoddlers– theyhavealottotellyoubutcan’tquitegetthewordsout.Encouragingyourtoddlertotalkthroughsomefunactivitiesandpraisingtheireffortswillshowresults.Soonyouwouldbelookingforamomentofpeace&quietamidstalltheirchatter!

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