When your baby completes the first 12 months of her life, you can introduce the game of ‘listen and imitate’ to your child as a pre-cursor to learning words with their possible meanings. You can watch your baby listening to conversation in your room by tracking all the persons who speak and sometimes bursting out with a word or sound picked up by the baby. When the baby is pleased with herself she might repeat the word or sound again and again for the sake of pleasure. This step is very important in the process of learning and formulating sounds, before making meaning to sounds in order to create words. By adopting these steps you can make the baby acquire the necessary language skills to enhance her life.
Make the learning process a funny experience by making your baby laugh more. Assigning meanings to sounds and words are very important for the baby. For instance you can refer the name of the sibling or a food word to make her understand the meaning of words. When you take your baby for a drive, make her to say the word ‘car’ with proper accent. You can also teach her with the help of phonics technique.
You can assist your baby to quickly progress from making sounds to uttering words with their meanings. To begin with you should continue listening to your baby and directly speak to her. Constantly interact with your baby by means of eye contact and by mouthing name or sound or word. You should give high priority to her imitation, encourage her by praise, correct her if necessary and make this exercise a repetitive process. The basic things that you have taught can widen her reading and writing ability when she enters a kindergarten.
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