Practical Exercises To Enable Speech

The first few months in a baby’s life are silent, as they cannot speak yet. At this stage, crying is the substitute for any other expression and the parents die for him to say his first word. Being astute and performing practical exercises to activate speech in our baby is an option to make the wait shorter.

Encouraging our child to learn to speak is relatively simple,  but the activities we can do at home to achieve this are not, in themselves, the best known.

In this opportunity, we will unveil some useful exercises for babies to start approaching the time to speak. They are recommended for children between six and thirty-six months.

Activate speech with these hands-on exercises

How to develop language acquisition is a question that many people hope to be answered, because both parents and specialists, caregivers, teachers   are committed to helping babies to begin speaking definitively.

To activate speech it is necessary to have some knowledge about the actions that must be taken in this regard,  but not all of these are so complicated that it is not possible to apply them at home. That’s why today, in our space, we want readers to know the simplest practices to achieve this tender, but important goal.

1st Exercise: reading stories

Stories developed for children have all the qualities to be understood  and stimulate emotional capacity, so you should choose them according to the age of each child.

To exercise through the reading of stories, you can ask about an object in the book so that you can mark it, we can get used to being listened to and it is recommended that we put the book in their hands so they can “read”.

2nd Exercise: puppet theater

This fun exercise allows children to get interested in the characters’ dialogue. Puppets and puppets developed for children are skillful masters when it comes to activating speech  because the little ones take great pains to talk to them too, describe them, answer them.

The theater can be expanded with objects that serve to create symbols  within the same conversation. Disguises are also helpful, as are role plays.

3rd Exercise: traditional participatory games

All games that contain some song or dance, through which children should interact  with the performer, are useful to activate speech. These activities are usually accompanied by rhymes, phrases and sounds that force you to respond, continue or act, depending on the content.

4th Exercise: Children’s songs

The purpose of these songs is to teach children, as they contain a secret element that makes them irresistible  to them, allowing them to enjoy them while they learn.

These compositions are full of children’s vocabulary,  as they are simple, far-fetched and funny. This makes the little ones try to repeat them insistently, first in syllables and then in longer fragments.

5th Exercise: The images

To start feeding this abstract code known as “linguistic signal” it  is important that the child begins to relate the images he sees with the word that defines them.

Therefore, we can rehearse  showing photos, drawings and various images in order to provide semantic and dialectical information  about each one. It is recommended to describe everything you see in such images so that you can create a concept and acquire a new vocabulary.

What is the recommended age to start doing these exercises?

It is common that from six months onwards, the little one begins to show that he understands  a smile, that he answers when we speak and makes his first noises. At this age it is necessary to start with the proper stimulus.

Between nine and eighteen months, the baby is able to respond with  double syllables, can mark something he wants, denies or accepts, knows the names of many things and people, and begins to use meaningful gestures.

From the second year, he says complete words and demonstrates that he knows their meaning,  which indicates that he is ready to be stimulated with the exercises designed to stimulate speech.

At thirty-six months the child is willing to complete all the exercises described above,  some more skillfully than others, but at least with the basic requirements. If not, it is recommended to consult an expert.