How do you teach your child to pronounce?

Introduction

Money and children are the adornment of the life of this world. Children are the flowers that decorate the house. When God gives one of them a new baby, he brings this baby and brings happiness and fun with him. We enjoy sitting next to him and touching his soft, delicate fingers, smelling his sweet scent, looking into his eyes and seeing innocence in them, so we bring back our beautiful childhood memories. And we watch the stages of his growth, as he grows next to us day after day, so we are happy when we see him take the first step, and what a wonderful moment it is when the mother sits down and whispers to her child, so he goes along with her and whines to her, so she becomes happy and the mother feels that all the tiredness and the nights she stayed up were only minutes removed by this happy moment And what a wonderful moment when the family hears the child when he utters for the first time and says, “Papa and Mama,” and his mother’s heart dances with joy, and she feels that her ears have never heard words before, so everyone is happy and smiles are drawn on all the faces of the family, but this moment does not come from futility, rather it requires effort from the mother In helping her child with his ability to speak, how do you help your child to speak and urge him to speak so that he can express his needs and ask for everything he wants to get? Does pronunciation need education and training?

What caught my attention the most in one day was a character from my relatives who was whispering to her two-year-old child, so I expressed my astonishment at the matter, and she told me that her son had become two years old and he did not utter any letter, so I took him to the doctor thinking that he was mute, so the doctor told her that your son is in a condition Good. The reason for the delay in speech is that you did not teach and train him to pronounce. When he was a child, she did not coax him or help him pronounce, and he asked her to start coaxing him, teaching him and training him. From here comes the answer to our previous question, so we saw that pronounciation needs education and training.

Ways and means to teach pronunciation to your child

in the first months

Teaching the child and accustoming him to moving his mouth even if no sound comes out of him, so sit in front of your child and turn off the TV or radio, so that only your voice is heard, so the child focuses on the movement of your mouth, and matches it with the sound that comes out of the mouth, repeat the intonation and babble and try to raise and lower your voice, until Your child pays attention to you and does not get bored and remains listening to you. Try to repeat the process. Your child will show you his interest by stroking his feet. You can also play with the child and tickle him, until you see his laughter and listen to your child’s croak. This is one of the signs of the child’s development towards learning to speak, and the mother’s effort continues without interruption. At this stage, without waiting for the child's response, the mother should tell her child a bedtime story, although he does not understand what you are saying, but he will get used to listening to you.

after the fifth month

At this stage, I advise you to imitate the sounds of animals in front of your child, as they are sounds that the child likes and seeks to imitate, and they are easy to imitate, and he must be encouraged to imitate the form of speech by raising and lowering the tone of the sound he makes even though it is one sound, and thus your child gradually begins to control the tongue, lips and vocal cords, as well Be sure at this stage to talk to your child even if he is not able to respond, but he can understand a lot of things. If you want to go out, tell him that you will go out, and make him see you when you go out, also when you go to the kitchen tell him that, and let him see you as you enter the kitchen .

The age of the year

At this stage, you have to intensify education and training. Singing is very important, as the child at this stage becomes more able to focus. When he listens to you while you sing to him, he will be amused, and he will try to repeat the words even if he does not pronounce them clearly, but he has the ability to control the tongue, lips, and vocal cords. Singing encourages the child and makes him enjoy, so he repeats the words, so sing to him, and ask him to continue until he gets used to the correct pronunciation, and at this stage make sure to repeat the words slowly and clearly and repeat them in front of the child, then ask him to repeat them, you can also call a family member and repeat The herald, you will soon see your child repeating the name and calling this person, the stage that comes after that, you have to try to repeat the simple sentences until he learns the composition of the words, so when pronouncing the sentences make sure that the pronunciation is clear.

Teach him while playing

You can play with your child by bringing pictures of animals and teaching him the name of the animal according to the shape and sound of the animal. If he listens to the sound of meowing, he can know that it is the sound of a cat. In this way, you can also teach him to identify people. When someone comes, ask him who is this? At this time, you have to motivate him and tell him, “Is this so-and-so (another name)?” He tilts his head and says his name.

Teach the child how to ask you for what he needs: if he wants to drink, bring him a cup of water, and tell him that this is water, and when he finishes drinking, ask him to put the cup in the kitchen, and repeat to him the word cup, then ask him what is this, you can also inquire about the things he wants If he is hungry, ask him what you want to eat, or make him choose between two types of food, especially if it is one of the sweets that he loves, then he will try as much as possible to express what he wants.

Two years old

When the child reaches two years old, he has begun to form short sentences, most of the sentences he makes, what is this, where is my mother, where is my toy, and although he is able to pronounce most or all of the words, he cannot pronounce long sentences, because they are more complicated for him, At this age, it is advised to take the child to trips, parks, and zoos. At this stage, the child seeks to discover a large group of words and store them with him. In his third year, he will be able, God willing, to say everything. At this stage, make sure to teach him the teachings of Islam. Basmala, supplications, and the greeting of Islam.

Common mistakes when teaching a child

1. The mother’s conversation with her son in the same wrong way. The principle is that the child is the one who imitates his mother and not the other way around. The principle is that the mother directs her son to know that the mistake is not desirable, and what increases the risk is that this method may lead to defects in the child’s pronunciation, later on.
2. The child’s learning of bad words: Beware of teaching the child bad words, whether from home or outside, as children remember the words and repeat them, without distinguishing whether they are obscene or not, and if the child says a bad word, do not show him encouragement or say that he is just a child, then the morals that are built With the child from childhood, it remains inherent to him until he grows up, so teach him good speech, as speech is a blessing that we must use for good purposes.
3. Mothers rush and worry about the delay in the child’s speech, before he is more than a year old, so there is no need to worry, as many children progress slowly in the first stage of speech. Pronunciation varies from person to person and from one environment to another.