When do you start teaching your child to talk?

Answer 1

I don't think there's a starting point, you're teaching them since they're born by talking to them, and talk to them a lot, try to mention every single thing that you're doing like for example, now I'm changing your diaper, you're all clean now,I'm gonna give you some more milk etc,etc. Fun,lively songs with clear words in them work great too.

Answer 2

From the moment they are born... You are developing their language and communication skills from the first look. By closing circles of communication (you speak, your child responds) you teach them about the way that conversations work, and start developing their social skills. Talking to your child about everything you do and see will help them attach meaning to words and associate language and communication. Example: your child sees a dog- "Oh, look, there is a dog. What is that dog doing? (you know they can't answer you, but it helps to show them how to ask questions) He has brown fur." etc. Describe as visually as you can, but in simple words. Without you even realizing it, your child is assimilating this information, and working on figuring out how words connect to make meaning. The prime time for language is during the first year, and speech begins to emerge after that. Don't think that since your child can't talk that they aren't worth talking to... that is how they learn. The more conversations you have with your child, the more they are learning. Long before your child can talk, they are processing all that information, and eventually (usually by 15-18 months) they will start one-word phrases- "craka"- cracker, "ju"-juice, etc. If your child is not talking at all by 18 months- have them evaluated by a professional. Later, between 15- 24 months, they will start putting two words together, and then language just explodes. They will start learning words at a rate of 1-5 new words per day! Pretty soon, you will have a fluent speaker! My youngest is 2 1/2 and speaks in 10-14 word sentences. I have never spoken to my kids in "babytalk"... just plain, everyday language. Just a reminder- in the language explosion period- they will say whatever they hear, so be careful of the language you choose to use!!

Answer 3

From the moment of birth children are listening to the way you say things. Children as young as three months have been known to say mama and dada. By the time my oldest child was 2 he knew the alphabet how to count ,colors ,and shapes.He could also spell mom and dad cat and dog. The earlier you start teaching the better. Babys are sponges they love to learn and they need the brain stimulation. You might be amazed at how quickly a child can pick up new things. Some parents are even teaching there babys to use sighn language until they can say all the words you can look it up on several websites. Keyword teaching babys sighn language.

Answer 4

Your child starts learning to talk from the first time he/she hears people talking...it's more accurate to say they teach themselves as the language centers in their brains develop. That is why they start making various sounds at different stages. Interaction with a child encourages vocal responses, so that's important. Also, reading stories aloud, singing songs, even mimicking the sounds they make--all that is part of the teaching and learning that happens. When they start using words and phrases, as you repeat what they say or rephrase it using conventional grammar, that is also how they are "taught." But teaching them to talk in the sense of lessons isn't really how it happens.

Answer 5

A child learns to talk naturally,from the day he/she is born!
Just commincate daily about everything,and the baby learns.Usually at about 18 months,they will start talking understandably,although that varies greatly,and boys usually take longer.
Best wishes:)

Answer 6

From the moment your child is in your stomach reading to the child helps repetition they did a research on the mothers reading the cat in the hat to their unborn child and the child's favorite story was cat in the hat.

Answer 7

You actually are not teaching yuor child to talk, per se. They are learning as they hear you talk, and have been doing that from the womb.

Answer 8

Always talk to your child. Encourage the child to speak. It is something that naturally will come to them. I hope they speak soon for you!

Answer 9

They will start to pick it up on their own. Be very talkative around them. When they start saying a few things.. talk back. they will pick it up by the time they are ready for kindergarten

Answer 10

They listen to you and start talking at their own pace. Reading books is a good idea. I never used baby talk with my daughter and when she started talking she used "real words".