How to improve children’s speaking skills?
Every family is greeted with excitement when children start talking. Anadolu Health Center Child Health and Diseases Specialist Assoc. Dr. Neşe Karaaslan Bıyıklı has suggestions that will guide parents in the learning process.
The games that parents play with their babies or the toys they buy directly affect the baby’s speech process. Television negatively affects language development in the first 3 years of age. In this process, parents: He suggests methods such as singing songs to his children, playing nursery rhymes and riddles with them, and making toy animals talk. Generation Z children, born in the computer and internet age, see the harms as well as the benefits of technology. Although Generation Z children explore the world without limits with the opportunities offered by technology, watching television and playing computer games negatively affects language development, especially in children up to the age of 3. Language development in children occurs between the ages of 2 and 5. Intelligence, hearing and visual perception status, the environment in which the child lives and socioeconomic conditions are among the factors that play a role in language development.
Factors affecting language development
Babies begin to learn language by imitating. Verbal stimuli provided by the mother positively support language development. Talking to the child, playing games and reading books are very important for language development. Parents need to talk to their children and show that they are listening to the child. It is important to encourage the child when he responds to the sounds and to give positive feedback by indicating satisfaction. Thus, the child is encouraged to learn and experiment. It is more beneficial if you prefer to play games in places that are not too crowded and noisy.
Which game or toy?
- To sing a song
- Telling nursery rhymes and riddles
- Toys that allow them to talk and sing, such as toy phones and microphones
- Explaining the activities done together
- Number counting (1-10)
- Reading a picture book, explaining it, and asking questions while doing it. Where is the dog? Can you show me the apple? etc.
- Making toy animals or puppets talk
Why are television and computer games harmful?
- The child’s language development is negatively affected.
- The development of social communication skills is prevented.
- There is a negative impact on emotional state (such as fear, anxiety, irritability, etc.).
- Due to the negative impact on brain development, perceptual – motor skills; Delays and problems such as attention deficit, learning difficulties, reluctance to read may develop.
- Vision problems, posture disorders, inactivity and related obesity problems may occur.
