1 - 2 years old Treasure's development indicators

You who take care of and accompany your baby every day may feel that time flies by quickly, and the baby will turn 1 year old in a blink of an eye, at this time, not only will you stand, eat solid food, and the number of words you know will gradually increase, but your pronunciation will slowly improve. Language and cognitive abilities play an important role in the development of babies from 1 to 2 years old, and if they know how to guide their children, they can show their language skills earlier or more courageously.

The most important thing to learn a language is to use it often, often in that language environment, in order to avoid the regression of language ability.

The indicators of learning development at each stage of the baby can be mainly divided into four categories: coarse movements, fine movements, language and cognition and social interaction. The baby's 0 to 1-year-old stage is the most obvious period of progress in coarse and thin movements, including learning to crawl, roll, stand, take or grasp objects, and so on. At the stage of 1 to 2 years old, the baby's ability to control the muscles will continue to improve, and begin to learn to climb stairs or run, but most people are most concerned about the development of the baby's language ability, and some parents will begin to consider whether to adopt bilingual education, such as couples using different languages to speak to the baby, hoping that the baby's bilingual ability can take root early. The following is a list of the development indicators of the baby from 1 to 2 years old, and introduces the way to guide the baby to speak.

Milestones in your baby's development at all stages

1 year old

Judging by the progress of 1-year-old babies, standing on their own is usually not a problem, and some babies can even take a few steps on their own. In addition, the baby can also perform more subtle or complex movements, such as helping adults to help them put on and take off their clothes, or holding a cup to make a drinking action.

In the cognitive and language development section, babies will use tapping, shaking, slapping or throwing to observe objects around or in their hands, and can also understand simple commands such as "go wash your hands" or "pick up the toys", and shake their heads to indicate no. It is worth mentioning that although the pronunciation is still not standard, the baby can already say "Daddy" and "Mommy", and will also use different tones to imitate their parents.

Although children become active in talking to people after the age of 1, they are more likely to be afraid or shy when facing strangers, and if familiar faces such as dad or mom are not around, they may feel uneasy and cry.

1.5 years old

At this stage, the baby can already walk well on his own, and even climb the stairs or run on his own, or pull a toy car or other toy that can be dragged around, although it seems to be nothing, but this means that the baby can perform rough and fine movements at the same time, which is an obvious indicator of progress. Although clumsy and slow, babies are now able to put on and take off their shoes or clothes on their own, and can eat and drink from a cup correctly with a spoon.

Your baby's language ability will increase due to the amount of words, and he will be able to say the names of items in toys or picture books, such as cars, houses, ducks, cats, dogs, etc., not only that, but he also knows where the body parts of the nose, ears and eyes are, and points to the correct position when the adult says the name. In addition, babies during this period will also use pens to scribble on paper.

In the social interaction part, the baby likes to imitate the adults to do things, such as holding a bottle to pretend to feed the doll to drink milk, and will also explore the surrounding environment in the company of the mother, but sometimes you see the baby playing well, but suddenly cry and throw away the toy, representing that the baby will also start to lose his temper at this stage and vent the strong emotions that cannot be discharged.

2 years old

Tiptoeing, going up and down stairs and running are not difficult for a 2-year-old baby, you may see him running around the house energetically, climbing up and down, in order to avoid them accidentally falling or bumping into things, it is recommended to wrap the corner of the table in the home with anti-collision stickers, or lay cushions and clever spells in the space where the baby often moves, to reduce the baby's bumping injury.

Babies can now understand more complex commands, such as "Lean back in the chair and wash your hands" or "pick up the confetti and throw it in the trash." Babies will also be more conceptual about shapes and colors and can be classified, for example, some toys will guide babies to put different shapes of bricks into the space of that shape, and 2-year-olds can do a good job in this matter. In addition, as their language skills continue to improve, they will begin to use more than 2 nouns to express their meaning more precisely, and will begin to add parts of speech other than nouns.

In terms of social interaction, the 2-year-old likes to play with his friends and begins to become "disobedient", may rebel against what his mother wants him to do, but because the baby has become more independent, there are fewer things that need your help.

How to teach a 1-year-old to speak?

In the stage of 1-year-old baby's learning development, most babies can begin to say words other than mom and dad, and the best way to train babies to speak is to talk to the baby more, even if the baby does not respond to you, but he can still learn new words and pronunciation methods from what you say, it is recommended that mothers can use the way of live reports to narrate your ongoing actions with the baby, if you are helping the baby to get dressed, you can say to the baby: "Mom now has to help you get dressed, the clothes are ready, Wear your pants again, and your feet will be cold! Then put your socks on!" In addition, taking the baby out is also a great opportunity to talk to the baby, like there are many amusement facilities, small animals and plants in the park, etc., you can slowly introduce the names of these things with the baby, expand the baby's small word library.

The necessity of bilingual teaching for babies

Some parents will buy English teaching audio and video teaching materials for their babies to see, but in fact, this effect is very poor. Studies have pointed out that the language development of 1-2-year-old babies is based on interaction with people, and it is futile to try to make babies take root in bilingual ability early by watching or listening to English textbooks.

That being the case, what if one parent is responsible for speaking Chinese and the other speaks English to interact with the child? If parents speak their respective mother tongues, it is true that they can create a bilingual environment for the baby to learn, but if one person speaks 2 languages at the same time, or is not proficient in one of the languages, it may not be effective.

However, no study points out that the child's reception of 2 languages will lead to language confusion, but it can be determined that the baby in the bilingual environment will have a slower progress in language ability than the baby in a single language environment, after all, it takes more time to learn 2 languages at the same time.

In addition, studies have also found that even if the baby is stimulated by the bilingual environment in childhood, if another language is not often used in the process of growing up, it is still impossible to reach the level of the native speaker, so the most important thing to learn the language is to use it often, often in this language environment, in order to avoid the regression of language ability.

As for whether to let the baby receive bilingual teaching at an early age, or whether it is a matter of opinion, if parents really have the time and ability to establish a bilingual environment and let the child accept the stimulation of different languages, it is indeed helpful for the child to learn the language in the future