Learn to speak: this is how you promote language acquisition in everyday life

Leni is 8 months old and lies loudly on her baby blanket. Max, 2, runs after you to tell you how he mowed the lawn with his father. The 18-month-old Pepe would also like to inform you. These examples show: In your work with children under 3 years of age the developmental differences in language acquisition are particularly large. Cheering, babbling, gesturing, listening, imitating and finally Speeches are different forms of communication from toddlers that you perceive and encourage.

Here, your attentive ear and your empathetic educator behavior are required to support every child in language acquisition, based on their current level of development. Find out in this article how you can support the children in their everyday life.

Imitation and repetition promote children’s language acquisition

The key to learning language is imitation and repetition. Babies and toddlers can express themselves not only through babbling, but also through gestures. An important part of feelings and desires is first of all through gestures, for example when a child points a finger at something. It is important that you react to this and thus tell the child non-verbally or verbally that you can understand it.

Note that the areas in the brain that are responsible for movement develop before the areas that are necessary for language development. The two areas are closely linked and require appropriate funding.

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The environment is important for the child’s language development

In addition to the biological factors, a supportive environment is particularly important for the child’s language development. Within the learning environment “day care center”, this is decisive for you as an educator. The reactions of the environment decide whether a child can fully develop his or her language skills or whether he or she stays below his or her options.

It is important that you build a relationship with the child. The relationship begins in the child’s familiarization phase and is intensified in the following weeks and months. Little by little the child and you get to know each other. The child can develop trust and security more and more.

With this foundation, you will also become a language role model for the child. They recognize the interests and preferences more and more and can respond accordingly to the child.

The type and wise the interaction between you and the child is very important for language acquisition. If you are emotionally turned towards the child, this positively influences the child’s interaction behavior. The child feels whether you are doing the action together, reading aloud or reading common Game, emotionally involved and interested or not.

In the interaction with the child there is a d > shown as an example.

In order to support the children’s language acquisition, it is also important, in addition to the content of the table, to provide the children with as fun and fun offers as possible. Finger games, rhymes, touch games and songs are the ideal companions on the way to language acquisition.

How important are finger games?

  • They support language development and encourage people to speak.
  • They stimulate the children’s senses. The children can watch the movements, hear the spoken text and repeat it.
  • They let the children discover the joy of hearing and speaking different sound melodies, for example quiet and loud, calm and fast, high and low.
  • They promote the concentration of the children, since text and movement clarify the content.
  • They expand the children’s vocabulary.
  • They encourage the use of rhyming words.
  • You can intensify the relationship between you and the child.
  • They have a holistic character.
  • They promote children’s dexterity.

What is the importance of touch games??

  • By combining touch and language, the toddler experiences this kind of care as something very special that is well memorized.
  • They strengthen the emotional relationship between the child and the adult.
  • They support the formation of child’s thinking structures that are important for their further understanding of language. The meaning of the spoken word is explained by the corresponding touch and can therefore be stored more easily in the brain.

What is the meaning of rhymes?

  • Rhymes are particularly easy for children to internalize.
  • The rhymes for children can be sung, spoken or played together.
  • They often contain fantasy words / nonsense words that make no sense and consist of onomatopoeia, but precisely because of this appeal to the children.

What is the meaning of songs?

  • Songs can be sung, danced or played – there are no limits to your imagination.
  • At the To sing multiple senses are always addressed at the same time.
  • The language can be experienced by the children as a communicative and playful element.
  • Through the diverse movements to the lyrics, the content of the words can be understood – even if the word itself is still unknown.
  • They ensure emotional well-being in the crib group.

The development of language is a milestone in child development. That is why it is important, especially in everyday life, to put your professional eye on the individual language development of the children and to support them accordingly.

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