The help of parents in the development of the child's language It is so important that it cannot be replaced with anything, even with the best toy we can find. In this help, the attention and stimulation of the child's language occupies a very special place, since if they are not present, their language will not be able to develop properly and problems in their acquisition could occur.
The child, from birth, receives information from the world around him by many means: sounds, light, texture of clothing, skin ... We can say that, during the first five years of life, our children are like a sponge that It absorbs everything.
While it is true that the child can entertain himself only with a stimulus from the environment, to speak he needs an interlocutor to listen and talk to him. And this is where parents can intervene and help their children develop language; It is during the joint interaction where there will be more achievements.
While we play with them, it is very important that the child take the initiative. To do this we must know how to observe, wait or allow time for the child to express himself. In this way we will be informing you of your preferences, and we will have more opportunities to get more language than if we try to impose something that does not call your attention.
For example, if we want to read the story of Little Red Riding Hood and he is looking at SpongeBob's, we will have more opportunities to generate language and create communicative situations with his book than with ours, because he who has it in his hands He is saying something: "I am more interested in this book than yours, and I am going to pay more attention to it than yours."
It's very important stand at the same level as the child, seeking and helping to maintain eye contact, showing that we listen to him looking at him face to face whenever he tries to communicate something to us.
Following the example of before, now that we are both submerged in the bottom of the sea with the yellow sponge and his friends, it is better than if the child is sitting on the floor, we also put ourselves on the floor; next to him and with his eyes at about the same height. We will both be in equal conditions and there will be no feelings of superiority or inferiority (if we are taller than him, we force him to look up, and that always imposes ...)
Maintaining a very expressive face and voice are very attractive to the child., as well as an adequate voice melody while we interact with our son; It is not the same to tell the last mischief of his favorite character with eyes as dishes, exaggerating the faces and with a funny voice, to tell him as if we were talking about time.
Comment on what the child is doing or looking at. Everything you indicate, comment, show ... does not indicate that it catches your attention, and we can take the opportunity to comment it out loud.
Without the cooperation and help of parents, one cannot think of a correct and adequate evolution of language. Many people think it is a matter of time and wonders who has the time needed for that, especially today.
Actually, it's not so much about time but about attitude. There are families with many children where there are always occasions of being alone with one of them, for example, when he is taken to bed or when he goes to the doctor with one of them. These moments must be used to dialogue with the child and thus understand that parents can help stimulate the child's language.
