VOCAL PLAY and COMMUNICATION
Parenting often seems
like one big guessing game. Well, there’s one circumstance in which
making a guess can improve your baby’s development – when you guess to make
sense of baby’s sounds. Guessing and verbalizing what you think baby is
saying will help baby to understand that he can communicate and be
understood. This will motivate him to continue to use his voice to
express himself. So, when baby squeals with delight, say “You like
playing that game; You want to do it again!” And when baby grunts with
effort you can say, “You’re trying to get that ball. It’s hard work
trying to crawl over to the ball.” Also, the more you encourage baby
to make a variety of vocal sounds, the more you will encourage her developing
voice for both expressive speaking and for accurate singing.
like one big guessing game. Well, there’s one circumstance in which
making a guess can improve your baby’s development – when you guess to make
sense of baby’s sounds. Guessing and verbalizing what you think baby is
saying will help baby to understand that he can communicate and be
understood. This will motivate him to continue to use his voice to
express himself. So, when baby squeals with delight, say “You like
playing that game; You want to do it again!” And when baby grunts with
effort you can say, “You’re trying to get that ball. It’s hard work
trying to crawl over to the ball.” Also, the more you encourage baby
to make a variety of vocal sounds, the more you will encourage her developing
voice for both expressive speaking and for accurate singing.
On our blog – Did
you know that you can Answer
That Baby Babble, to Speed Up Language Development?
you know that you can Answer
That Baby Babble, to Speed Up Language Development?
Kindermusik @ Home:
- Log in to your
Kindermusik @ Home account, and learn the Pretty
Bird fingerplay! How does baby react? - Then, listen to some
Bird
Chirping! Does baby copy any of the bird sounds? Can
you decipher which is baby’s favorite one? - Cue up a favorite
track from your Kindermusik home CD, and dance around, with baby! Does he try to
sing along? Does she squeal with delight whenever you stop, then
start again?
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