Put yourself at your child's physical level:
- Face your child when playing or talking.
- Look at him when he speaks to you.
- Get down on your knees if this will help to communicate with him.
Tips to stimulate your child's learning.
Avoid anticipating your child's needs or demands. Give him time to show or tell.
When you repeat back correctly what your child tries to say, it gives him confidence to try again and provides a correct model of how to say it. It also shows that you are paying attention and interested in what he has to say.
When you repeat a word after him, emphasize the sound or syllable he had difficulty with, but, again, do not ask him to repeat.
If your child says something you do not understand, ask him questions to attempt to understand him, or ask him to show you what he’s talking about.
When you have understood him, use the correct word or phrase with him to show him how to say it, but do not ask him to repeat after you.
All of these suggestions can be applied not only to everyday activities but also while playing with your child. Try to take 5-10 minutes a day to play with your child.
Talk together about the pictures you see and tell him stories about these pictures. If your child wants to tell part of the story, encourage him to do so: use some of the suggestions in the previous sections to help model appropriate language for him.
Your child needs a good language model in order to properly develop language. Each person in his environment should therefore speak the language in which he or she is most comfortable and which comes naturally. Rest assured that living in a bilingual or multilingual setting does not cause a language delay or aggravate an existing language problem.
Links
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIKluiQlksE&feature=share&list=UU9SyQBmcrViNIRI9rVFwZ1g
[2] http://youtu.be/rua6pfDs-hM
[3] http://www.hopitalpourenfants.com/en/departments/index.aspx?myDep=S&ID=63
[4] https://childrenfoundation.com/donate-now/