Children's language development is a big problem that once troubled me. There is also the entanglement and confusion about "children talk late". In order to determine whether there is any problem with the child's language development, I have looked for a lot of information, consulted many friends, and even told my husband once whether it is necessary to take the child to the children's hospital for examination. Of course, I didn't walk behind, because the children have been increasing the vocabulary of expression, and my hanging heart will be fixed. Today, I sorted out my own ideas and some measures to improve children's expression language.

When the child was about 2 1 month old, a little girl next to me who was one day older than my son began to speak sentences. At this time, I found the gap between children and began to understand the knowledge of children's language development. Because, I have to make sure that the child's language development is really backward.

We can see that whether a child's language development is early or late can't be measured only by what she/he says clearly. Language development depends on the development of two processes: receptive language and expressive language.

Comprehensive language includes: the number of words that children can understand; Can children understand their parents' instructions (for example, bring their shoes or walk to the door); Can children understand this question (for example, do you want to drink water? The number of prepositions that children can understand (such as putting building blocks on the table; Or, your train fell under the sofa. Understanding of some basic concepts (such as numbers, etc.) ).

Expressive language includes words that children can express (such as the names of things, etc.). ); Whether words can be combined into phrases or sentences; Whether children can ask questions; Can you use pronouns, prepositions and so on?

If his understanding of language is equal to or ahead of his peers, he can wait for a period of time, and there will be a period of accumulation from understanding to expression. It is possible that after a period of accumulation, the baby can talk. Therefore, if children have no problems in language understanding, parents probably don't have to worry. (Note: From Chen Xin's Child Psychology)

There is nothing wrong with my children's comprehensible language, and they really lag behind their peers in expressive language. According to the standard of American Academy of Pediatrics, a child's 2-year-old vocabulary needs to reach more than 50 words, which my children can't reach. Compared with those little girls of the same age whose language develops faster, the gap is even greater. I don't know why this happened to children. However, I have reflected on my own problems in parenting, which may be related to some extent.

1) Before children 1 years old, we don't have enough language input. I didn't have the habit of reading to my children until they were half a year old. I bought some books, poems and children's story books. After I read it myself, I didn't like it, so it was difficult to have the patience to read it to my children. After half a year old, I bought some picture books one after another, but at that time, children were not interested in picture books, and they liked many activities, mostly action exploration. At that time, children were particularly encouraged to rummage around at home. When the child is doing various exploration activities, many times, I didn't give him a timely descriptive description in language. Even if there is a description, the repetition behind it is not high. This makes children lose a good training opportunity to link language with activities.

2) Not insisting on communicating with children in the right way. Before, I felt that children's expressive language was not enough. Daily communication with children is just like communication with adults, and slow, concise and exaggerated expressions are not particularly used. Although I know this way, I haven't implemented it too much. My previous communication only provided context, not semantics for children, which means that such a small child may not be able to absorb the key words in the sentence. Looking back now, combined with my child's pronunciation in the back, and after careful consideration, I really agree that slow, exaggerated, concise and repetitive sexual expression is extremely feasible and important. John Medina believes that babies' vocal cords are only 1/4 as long as those of adults, and they can make few sounds. High notes are their specialty. Using an exaggerated and slow way can help children identify different words and classify different pronunciations, while a higher tone can help children imitate the characteristics of words. My best friend's son speaks very early and has a rich vocabulary. What she shared with me is that she has been teaching her children how to speak every day since her son was born. For example, her exact words were: Baby, look at mom's mouth. This is a book, a book-she said that all her children's words were trained by her. Many times, the language she communicates with her children is slow and concise.

I accept the unsynchronized growth of every child in my heart, and I also believe that children have their own development rhythm. He is ready, maybe the language explosion is coming, and I don't need to worry too much. However, I especially hope that my children can communicate with me as soon as possible. In my opinion, it is very beneficial for children to have good language skills as soon as possible.

1) Express your needs correctly and understand your emotions. Children are about 2 years old, and their sense of self-independence is becoming more and more obvious, and they will communicate a lot with adults. However, if he can't express himself in words, or the language expression is not clear enough, it is sometimes difficult for adults to respond quickly to children's needs. At this time, children have their own emotions, but they can't express their emotions correctly. They just cry and make noise. Like my son, he often uses actions to express his needs. Although his movements are really in place, there are still times when he doesn't understand and feels frustrated with me and my children. If the language is well developed, children can correctly express their needs, and if their needs are not met, they can also tell their inner feelings to adults, so that it is much easier for children to communicate with adults. In addition, helping children understand their emotions also requires children to have a certain language foundation.

2) Language development ability not only affects children's reading and expression ability, but also has great influence on children's cognition of things, mastery of order and learning of mathematics and physics. For example, when a child is 2 years old, if he has strong language skills, he can actually carry out simple mathematics enlightenment, such as knowing the shape, height and size. All these need to be based on a certain language in order for children to understand. The development of children's thinking ability is also based on language ability. I have done some exercises with my children, but my children's language expression ability can't keep up, and I really can't run.

In addition, children can express themselves and understand themselves well only if they have language skills. Aware of my past problems, I also want my children to realize their desire for free communication as soon as possible. I made some adjustments to the way I communicate with my children. The following are some methods I have revised to strengthen children's language expression ability besides reading picture books and children's poems.

1) Describe children's behaviors and activities. Children lie there listening to me instill this and that. Children around the age of 2 already have too many things and activities that interest them. If I tell my child something that she is not interested in, he will basically ignore me. Even if I do, it won't take long. So I will pay special attention to children's interests and attention, and will describe children's behaviors and activities appropriately. For example, my children like to play with cars. When I see him, I will say: the baby drives, the jeep drives to the wall, the car is zigzag, and the baby drives a sports car. This method is also to let children associate language with what they see in their brains.

In order not to interfere with the child's concentration, I usually don't make any noise when the child is playing with special concentration or trying to solve any problems. For example, when he is playing with a car, he especially likes to press the wheels on a certain line just right, align what things and put the car in what shape. I will choose to watch him silently. When he has finished, I will describe to the child in words what he has just done.

2) Play situational games. This is one of the games that children especially like to play when they are close to 2 years old. So far, we have played supermarket shopping, car sales, doctors and patients, cooking, urban construction, ball games, taking care of dolls, playgrounds and so on. This kind of situational story game can introduce rich vocabulary to share with children, and children can learn and practice using this vocabulary in the process. In these games, Lego and shopping list board games play a particularly important role. We only show one theme at a time, such as shopping in the supermarket. I will introduce related vocabulary to children, including building supermarkets, placing goods, shopping by consumers, settlement and so on. Every process will introduce the most critical words and repeat them to the children. Before these games, I usually make a simple lesson plan similar to Lego course. To guide children more clearly. In the process of implementation, there are still many times when you are free to play, because you need to adjust your pace to match your child's interests.

3) Play a sticker game. Children like stickers more than I thought. I used to think, what's so funny about this little sticker? I didn't expect the child to be very excited to stick stickers on his face, clothes and various stickers. He posted it at the beginning, with little guidance. Later, I bought him stickers about cars and body parts, which really made me realize the magical effect of stickers on children's language training. It really doesn't need to be too good, so I embarked on the road of being happy and rich. For example, when I talk about body part stickers, children will tell him every time they tear the stickers. What is this? Where is it posted? This is? Scene stickers are also especially suitable for children's language practice. For example, the multi-family early education sticker game we recently played contains many scene games. The advantage of sticker games around the same theme is that it is easy to review. Children can better absorb language in multiple experiences of the same scene.

4) Talk to yourself and tell your mother's story. Talking to myself, this used to seem a bit silly to me, but it is actually a bit difficult for me who is introverted and doesn't talk much. Later, I really tried. The reason is that at some point, children are really not interested in reading picture books. I picked up the picture book myself and read it aloud, which is a bit exaggerated, because I want to attract the children's attention. I didn't expect children to really attract them. It turned out that he was playing by himself and could hear me. So, sometimes, when I do some housework at home, I will describe what I have done while doing it. What's more, when I go home every day, I always ask my son, how are you? What did you play today? Looks like the same conversation. I feel so bored. One day, I wondered if I could tell my son something else. I thought about it and told my children something about my work. This kind of story is easier to tell. When I get home, I will tell my children who my mother met today, what she did, what she gained, what she was particularly happy about, or what she was particularly sad about. Every day after work, I will hug the little guy and start Barabara. Children will also find it interesting. Listen to your mother until it's time for your mother to eat.

5) Play action nursery rhymes. When children are a few months old, they will hold their children and dance to the music to let them feel the rhythm. However, when the children get older, there will be fewer and fewer. I'm tired of holding it. One day, his grandmother taught him to dance. "Look, look, find a friend, find a child ..." The child was particularly interested and pestered his grandmother to dance many times. At that moment, I realized that children like to play with this. So, I found a lot of more studious fingering nursery rhymes and rhythm nursery rhymes. For example, the finger nursery rhymes Little Tortoise, Flowers Bloom and Potatoes. Rhythmic children's songs are often played in the dance class of Iqiyi Children's Animation House. The rhythmic dance inside is very simple and easy to learn. For example, 123 Woodenhead, fruit songs, I am hammering my back and so on. Action nursery rhymes not only enrich children's vocabulary, but also enhance their sense of rhythm.

I think many boys and mothers, like me, have been confused about what their children say. There is no need to worry if children are just a little behind in expressing language. However, I still think it is an indispensable parenting job to help children accumulate rich vocabulary and sentences. In my opinion, just because a child doesn't say it doesn't mean he doesn't remember these expressions, he just isn't ready, how to pronounce them. Although each child's "language outbreak period" is different, I want to continue to input effectively, so that there will be an outbreak one day.

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