Iran (IMNA) - One of the finest things you can do to ensure your child has a rich and satisfying life is to assist them in expanding their vocabulary. Strong language skills have been linked to many positive things, according to a research, including happiness, friendships, family ties, academic achievement, and a fulfilling profession.
It is not wise to put off improving your child's language skills until they are old enough to start school. The formation of vocabulary happens quite quickly. Children learn over 5,200 root words on average between birth and the second grade.
The amount of a child's vocabulary later in life can be predicted by their ability to understand words rapidly at the age of 18 months.
The capacity of kids to comprehend what they read by the time they are in grades three and four is also strongly correlated with vocabulary. This is partially due to the fact that a child's vocabulary serves as a reliable barometer of their level of global knowledge.
Here are seven strategies that, in my opinion as a literacy researcher, parents and teachers may implement to support the development of their kids' language and vocabulary.
1. Go over topics and situations that the child finds interesting.
Discuss a topic that has the child's interest. When a mother sees her 8-month-old child ogling a big cat, she may comment, "Oh, what a nice cat." Her fur is silky, and her eyes are quite lovely.
such encounters can also happen when a young child expresses eager interest in something by pointing to it and trying to communicate about it. Adults have excellent opportunity to name, describe, and explain objects throughout these discussions. Talking about topics that both parents and kids are focusing on may be a very instructive experience. Words are associated with things, situations, and feelings. The significance of these interactions is demonstrated by the correlation between a child's level of pointing at 18 months and their language development at 42 months.
2. Talk to children frequently
It concerns how much language children absorb in their first 18 to 24 months of life when they interact with adults. The child's brain is quickly growing in language domains.
The ability to transform sounds into meaningful words is advancing quickly. One might swiftly continue to deduce meaning from the words they are hearing by associating sounds with meanings. The quantity of language children has heard in adult-child discussions is closely correlated with how quickly they interpret words.
3. Keep ongoing conversations
When children are two years old, it's important to consider both the amount and quality of the talks they hear. Now, in order to truly support your child's language development, take your time and spend some quality time talking to them about certain items or occasions. A certain period of time isn't always important.
However, the parent and children should converse back and forth for at least eight to ten times. These repeated back-and-forth conversations are especially beneficial when the child is able to speak.
In fact, preschoolers who engage in longer-lasting talks than those who engage in fewer, shorter ones exhibit quicker brain growth and more effective information processing.
4. Go through and talk about books
Reading books together is among the most effective of all shared activities. Shared and loved from birth, books are a gift to the world. They offer countless chances to name things, living things, and actions. It is possible to have these experiences again and again. During the exercise, parents and children may spend quality time together chatting about their favorite photos, occasions, and tales.
5. Use a variety of vocabulary
As children pick up vocabulary related to increasingly sophisticated ideas, they achieve knowledge quickly. These terms will be used in discussions concerning novel concepts and encounters in the future. For instance, a youngster visiting an aquarium may observe amazing animals as their parent names it, describes its features (such as its fins and tail), and explains how it moves. Alternatively, while shopping at the grocery store, one might name things, talk about their characteristics, discuss where they come from, and much more.
6. Discuss historical occurrences.
We have the ability to travel through time to past and future events through language. When parents discuss past experiences with their kids, they frequently use new vocabulary, which children are then encouraged to use as well. Says a parent, for instance, "Do you recall when we visited the aquarium? "Yes, we saw that big, big fish with wings," the little child replies. The parent responds, "Yes, that was a huge stingray." Frequent discussions about the past help people learn new words.
7. Pretend Play
Children who communicate are able to create and explore fantasy worlds. As kids play out their parts in these made-up worlds, they converse and add words to their vocabulary.
For instance, two kids are pretending to be physicians using action figures. While one child is playing a doctor figure, the other is acting the role of a patient. "Be quiet, I need to use my stethoscope," the doctor adds. “Okay”, says the injured figure. “Is that what you use to listen to my heart?” Here, a little youngster is playfully teaching a difficult word. As the second child plays, they will begin to comprehend what a stethoscope is and how it works.
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