A one or two-year-old baby is actively learning and exploring the world. As the baby learns to walk and babbles, their learning ability and range of activities gradually increase. At this time, parents need to actively take educational measures for babies, so that they can learn more and become better. How to educate a one or two-year-old baby?
1. Correctly guide 1-2 year old babies to speak
Try to use simple words or sentences when speaking to 1-2 year old children. The words that children should learn should frequently appear in conversations, such as pointing at their father and saying, "Call Dad Dad Dad. The word 'dad' appears repeatedly and can be emphasized with stress each time, so that 'dad' leaves a deeper impression on young children and is associated with the person 'dad'. Communicating with young children should be conducted in a joyful atmosphere,
Don't force young children to say a certain word, instead use methods of encouragement and guidance. For example, if you give a child a toy car and ask them, "Do you want this?" and they nod, then ask, "What is this?" If the child says that the car should be given to them and praised. If a child cannot speak, they should be taught to speak, and after they speak with you, they should also understand and give praise. In addition, there are opportunities to connect language in various aspects such as picture books, clothing, games, etc. Parents should make full use of these opportunities to educate their children and give them more opportunities. In the practice of young children, they often speak some childish language or have inaccurate pronunciation. At this time, adults must not repeat it to avoid misunderstandings and ridicule. They should patiently help young children correct it time and time again.
Congenital genetics and environmental influences are the reasons for the personality development of young children. So there were children of the same age who were already very good at speaking and couldn't even call out 'dad' or 'mom'. And these are all normal differences, parents should not be overly worried.
For some young children who speak late, parents can check their hearing, especially those who have received treatment with streptomycin, gentamicin, or kanamycin in the past. These drugs are toxic to the auditory nerve and may affect hearing. If a child still cannot speak at the age of one and a half and has no response when others speak to them, they should go to the hospital for further examination to confirm whether it is due to hearing impairment that restricts and hinders the development of language ability.
Although young children speak late, as long as they understand what you are saying, their intelligence is generally not a problem. His personality may be a relatively silent type, unlike some outgoing, enthusiastic and lively children who always make connections with others. To enable young children to speak earlier, they should be given a rich language environment and more opportunities to speak.
Some parents themselves may not like to talk on a daily basis, and most of the time they are with their children, they are also silent. Such families are obviously not conducive to the development of children's language abilities. There is also another situation where young children are constantly talking and nagging, saying many things in one breath at a light pace. Even adults may need to concentrate in order to hear the meaning clearly, making it even more difficult for young children to understand. Although a lot has been said and the vocabulary is rich, the children are still at a loss. And the more you talk incessantly, the less opportunity the child has to speak and will only remain silent.
2. Pay attention to improving children's language abilities
Language is everywhere in life, and there are opportunities for language development. To teach children how to speak, it is necessary to combine their emotions and interests, so that they can find joy in learning language and learn naturally and actively, rather than forcing them to learn. Otherwise, children will have no interest or enthusiasm at all. When you teach them how to speak, be patient and do not scold them easily. When children encounter difficulties, be patient and help them. When young children make progress, they should be encouraged in a timely manner. Only with a happy mood can their potential be fully realized. In conversations with young children, adults should try to use standardized language as much as possible. Do not repeat the child's incorrect language, gradually correct it. Do not imitate or ridicule children's incorrect pronunciation, and correct it in a timely manner. This can stimulate the enthusiasm of young children to speak, and of course, it is also beneficial for improving their language proficiency.
Language is a unique physiological phenomenon of humans, but not everyone is necessarily able to learn it. After the age of one and a half, as the child's vocal organs gradually mature, their enthusiasm for speaking also increases, and they can understand more words. Generally, they can remember more than 50 words in 18-21 months and master about 130 words by the age of two. Sometimes in games and communication, you can also hear young children say a word that you have never specifically taught before. This word may be an imitation of what they are saying to you, or it may have been learned from elsewhere.
The positivity of speaking is an opportunity to develop language skills, and parents should seize this opportunity to naturally integrate language practice into daily life and games. For example, when dressing young children in the morning, you can teach them a few words or one or two sentences, practice while putting on clothes, and make full use of time. Or in activities that involve playing with young children, such as going out to the zoo, you can tell them the names of some animals, such as tigers and lions, and leave a deep and specific impression on the children based on the specific animals. You can also teach young children to sing nursery rhymes. During picture books and storytelling with young children, adults can ask them simple questions or have them retell a short story at any time.
Sometimes young children may talk to themselves and chirp incessantly while playing with toys alone, but you cannot hear what they are saying. This is a non communicative language, and young children did not intend to say who heard it. At this point, adults can choose not to interrupt the child and let them enjoy themselves, or they can join in conversations and exchanges with the child, but they should be careful to focus on the child's original topic, usually the game or toy they are playing.
The language ability of young children gradually undergoes a qualitative leap from being able to say one word, to the addition of two words, and even the combination of three or four words, such as being able to say "I want to sleep" and "Mom holds me". Children begin to gradually master the grammar structure of language and learn to use some basic sentence patterns from adult language habits. But the words and phrases spoken by young children at this time are still mainly simple, short, and incoherent language, and adults need to combine their gestures and expressions to judge the specific meaning. Not only is the vocabulary increasing, but the types of vocabulary are also expanding. Previously, we only used common nouns and verbs, but now we are gradually adding adjectives and adverbs such as "big" and "not". In addition, in terms of pronunciation, young children gradually become more accurate, and they like to imitate adult pronunciation. For example, if you sing a rhyming nursery rhyme to them a few times, they will follow you and sing the last rhyming word.
To improve the language expression level of young children, parents should help them improve their language expression level from the following aspects:
1. Using fingers, ask the child to follow their mother. The mother points to her nose and says "nose, nose, nose," while pointing to her eyes and says "eyes, eyes, eyes," moving in order along the eyes, nose, mouth, and other parts.
2. Speak their names in front of the mirror and bring the children to play a face touching game in front of the mirror. Children will have a lot of fun playing because they can see their mother touching their face in the mirror. Firstly, have the child sit in front of the mirror, with the mother sitting behind the child, touching their face and saying, "XX's face," followed by touching their nose, ears, etc.
3. Where is Mom's hand? Combine names such as "Dad's", "Mom's", "XX's" with body parts such as "hands" and "feet" and ask him, "Where is Mom's hand?", "Where is Dad's hand?", "Where is XX's hand Wait, let him answer questions one by one, and when he answers correctly, praise him happily: "Yes, you got it right." You can also play this game with dolls.
4. The key points of guessing body names: After a child turns one year old, they may start to guess single character names such as hands, feet, eyes, nose, mouth, etc. As for body names with more than two characters, they will only say them when they are older. Adults can accompany him to play the game of body names, but there is no need to rush to teach him how to say them. At the beginning, you can play happily by touching your father, mother, or your own face or hands, and let him learn the names of various parts in the game, but don't force him to remember.
3. Developing communication skills between 1-2 year old babies and their peers
If a young child rarely interacts with other children and engages in games and activities together, their personality, emotions, intelligence, and ability to adapt to the collective and even society in the future will be adversely affected. For example, some young children may be taught by adults to recite nursery rhymes, Tang poetry, and Song lyrics at home, but after going to school, they still cannot do without adults and have poor self-care abilities, even not knowing how to use the bathroom. This kind of superficial intelligence does not necessarily equate to actual ability.
As young children grow and develop, their strengths, characteristics, and shortcomings are gradually exposed through playing games with their peers, which facilitates early guidance and correction. The friendship between friends is a huge asset for cultivating children's activity ability and enriching their language. This wealth cannot be replaced by the care and love of adults. Losing it sometimes cannot even be compensated for, becoming a lifelong regret.
Being friendly with friends is a natural need for young children's growth. Children of similar age are very easy to get close to each other. When they meet, they may smile happily at each other, or hold hands and touch each other. Sometimes when friends are together, although they play their own games, the presence or absence of friends makes a difference. When there are children present, they can use one toy to play more games and play for longer periods of time. In addition, some things that adults disdain, young friends will be very happy and have endless fun together, such as watching ants move, children can watch for most of the day.
Nowadays, families generally adopt a one-child policy. There is only one child in the family, and the child has no natural playmates - brothers and sisters, but lives in a large crowd of parents, grandparents, grandparents, uncles and aunts. They can almost satisfy any material desires of young children, with no problem with what they want to eat or play. Young children are like "little emperors". But they are not very clear about the psychological development and needs of young children. In terms of behavior, they regulate young children according to the will of adults, such as not being able to do it or waiting like that. In short, although there are many toys, activities and thinking are restricted, and imagination and creativity are not fully developed and exerted. In such an environment, young children are educated to become 'immature adults'.
This article introduces how parents should educate their 1-2 year old children. In fact, 1-2 year old babies are still in a state of confusion, and many things are just blank sheets of paper. Therefore, in order to draw the most beautiful pictures, parents need to actively work hard to educate their babies. You can follow the methods described in this article to educate your babies.
