"What do you call this?" The child is fine, how can he not talk! A new mother sat on the couch with a furrowed brow, and her girlfriend was complaining. If you look closely, your mother seems to have a little tear in her eyes and her face is full of anxiety. This mom was me a year ago.
A year ago, I never thought that a child with a slow speech could recover and go to kindergarten normally, and we had already made the worst plan to take care of the child in our lifetime. However, in just five months, the child never said a word to argue with me every day, what did he experience during the period?
At an age when other children can grunt endlessly, this young master of our family is still stuck in the stage of "uh-huh-uh-uh-uh-uh- At the time of the one-and-a-half-year-old physical examination, the doctor said that the child was very healthy, because the boy's language development was later than that of the girl, so it was recommended to wait until the son was two years old to re-examine.
The doctor's words comforted us a little, and we both continued our previous parenting strategy. But that year coincided with the rise of our careers, and the problems of children were shelved indefinitely. When we were almost three years old, our son's language ability was still very poor, and we remembered the doctor's instructions and hurriedly asked for leave to take the child to the hospital for examination.
The test results are the same as the last time, Yuhao's body is still very healthy, but the child's language ability, ability to respond to people and ability to respond to things are 20% lower than those of their peers, which is a typical language development delay. At this point, we panicked and didn't know what to do for a while. The doctor suggested that we find a reliable language institution to try, and the child's problem will most likely be solved.
Back at home, we talked for a long time and decided to change the way we were raising children, because we were too busy at work and were not at home all day, and no one said a few words to the children. My son's grandparents still retain the parenting concept of the older generation, and because of the difference in parenting concepts, I have quarreled with my mother-in-law several times!
After nearly two weeks of fieldwork, I finally decided to take my children to our institution for classes. The orthologist told us: "Most of the reasons why the child does not speak are caused by insufficient language stimulation, and you two need to communicate more with the child in normal times." "So, while looking up language training methods on the Internet, I asked the teacher a lot of questions.
So, how do I usually guide my child to speak?
First, I would talk to my son about what he was doing, which was a great way to expose him to a lot of language. Talking about what he's doing can help him connect abstract language with figurative things, guide him to understand the meaning of different things, and increase the number and variety of words he can master.
Second, repeat a certain word to focus his attention. In the process of playing with children, I will emphasize only one word in a short period of time, for example, when he stacks blocks, I will keep saying "up, up, up", he can understand that the process of constantly stacking blocks can also be called "up".
Third, body language must not be less, but also regular. Once, when reading with Yuhao, the book said that the protagonist should knock on the door when he went to someone else's house, and I would then buckle three fingers, bend my index and middle fingers, tap the book with my knuckles, and keep saying "knocking", so that the child would understand that doing so was the meaning of knocking on the door.
Fourth, everything gives children the opportunity to choose. Sometimes, I would hold two snacks in both hands at the same time and ask my son which one he wanted. Usually, children tend to want both, but I will try to make him choose in words, and only one can be chosen. In front of the food, the child's ability to express itself can sometimes scare you.
Fifth, don't immediately meet his demands. When Yuhao used to live with his grandparents, the old man took meticulous care of the child, and what the son wanted, the old man immediately stuffed things into the hands of the child. When I took over, I changed that behavior. When the child has any needs, I will first ask him whether he wants "that thing", and will not give it to him immediately after taking the thing, but continue to guide the child to speak, so that it is a complete language stimulation.
I asked experienced moms, neighbors, and orthopasts a lot to come up with such a set of language stimulation methods. While the child went to the correction class, he received the "baptism" of my method at home. Within a month, the child's vocabulary had improved significantly, his pronunciation was much better than before, and other mothers in the community had also noticed their son's progress.
After my son completely got rid of language development delay, I summarized this set of methods into a book and passed it on to my sister who was about to become a mother and many friends. Looking at the live and jumping child, I was relieved and afraid, if the intervention of the child was later, maybe the son would have to remain in a state of stupidity and stupidity in this life.
Finally, in addition to thanking the Xiamen Center orthopaedics for their hard work, I would like to remind families with children with language delays: intervene early! I am relatively lucky to have met such a professional teacher, if you can't find a professional language agency, the child will not be delayed!