Teach a child to talk. (1975)

but [Music] there you hear it some good loud healthy climb the beginning of speech one of the most important things this child has to learn to talk by instinct we must be shown how plus love we must be a way important it is to teach a child to talk every parent especially the mother plays an important role in her baby's growth and development she is a source of comfort pleasure and nourishment regardless of race or geographical background the situation is similar the world over while each language is different the basic learning necessary for language development is the same in a Japanese home a mother teaches her child to talk in a patient relaxed atmosphere many times look while having on line like that when her baby cry an Indian mother instinctively quiets her baby in the same universal language known to all mothers satisfying his need for warmth and security learning to talk clearly is a more difficult job than one might expect though most of us manage to learn the skill without too much trouble often in spite of our parents too many children do not we as parents often forget how complicated speech and language is it's important for us to understand the stages the children go through and the problems they face in order to join the human race by learning to talk crying is the first step when your child cries he cries all over his arm and leg muscles contract his face screws up into a nut his mouth opens and out comes the cry the sound of human speech it may not be a pleasant sound especially late at night but a certain amount of crying is necessary if we'll talk someday when your baby cries he pushes the air up the throat past squeeze vocal cords and out the moving mouth he finds that he can make the sounds higher or lower and certainly louder most important of all he learned that when he makes such sounds in crying he can cause his mother to appear as if by magic and that she will comfort him he learns very early that crying is useful learning to talk does not begin when a child says his first word it starts long before that the learning begins when a child watches fields and listens to the things around him it begins with the close physical warm and the soft murmuring of a mother's voice that tells her baby that everything is OK and that he's loved the exchange of smiles sounds and gestures are necessary steps in learning to talk fortunately a baby's first few weeks did not consist entirely of crying a portion of his time is spent making pleasing sounds or more accurately comfort sounds comfort sounds are made automatically when your child appears happy and comfortable sounds that he makes will begin to feel and sound familiar and unknowingly he will practice most of the vowels and some consonants during these early months your baby must be given the time to practice new sounds privately among the recognizable consonant sounds made by the child during the early months are hmm duh and mmm more difficult sounds such as oh and earth are not usually practiced by the child until he's much older lip sound such as the puffs and buff often appear at the end of feeding when the babies continue to suck or smack their lips aloud guttural sounds bobbing the back of the tongue like pika and cut also appear at the end of feeding when there's an excess of saliva in the mouth your baby needs to hear affectionate talk guys feel good we should talk to our children with quiet pleasant tones that imitate the same sounds the child is saying you can do this when you feed him or when you bathe or change him because these are the times that bring comfort and satisfaction help them associate happiness with talking so he learns that speech is pleasant and satisfying killed renewer best through imitation and it's essential that parents show their child how imitation can be fun the best way we know to do this is first imitate him copy his gestures and the sounds he makes imitate his smiles and his arm movements and facial expressions look like you enjoy doing it if you imitate enough your child will begin to imitate you come along ASSA ball back and forth stack blocks together play pattycake peek-a-boo any kind of imitation that you both enjoy learning to imitate is an important step in teaching a child to talk most children understand words that other people say long before they are ready to use them should we take the king go outside let's go get your coat you go get your coat in hand okay we'll go outside go get your coat we'll go outside come right back the early listening provides important background experiences for learning speech and language one of the easiest and most effective ways a parent can teach a child to listen is to talk out loud self-talk gives our children words to think with notice the mother talks out loud telling herself what she is seeing or doing or feeling good get it Queen what it understand this self-talk is also important because it associates words with objects words with activities and words with emotions and die let's wash the plate across the plate she liked the touch in the same way parents should use some parallel talk we should tell our children what they are doing seeing or feeling put the words in their ears at the very moment the things they represent are being experienced self-talk then parallel talk both should be very simple at first then gradually become more complicated now put your cat on higher caste now let's people raise our cold times and our caps on hey are we all ready let's use gesture all we can it helps your baby understand that waving and saying bye-bye mean the same baby should act as they talk they learn best by using a little body English the child's first words could be those that have been combined with a gesture like waving and saying bye-bye the first meaningful word your child says might also be one that will help him get what he wants such as cookie or calling mama here again these first words are almost always repeated syllables with easy sounds your child will show more interest in varied surroundings and should be encouraged even after a child has said his first meaningful word parents must continue to help him learn additional words green pop - wanna drink more ha notice that what this mother said was clearly pronounced very simple and spoken slowly demanding that the child repeat what you say is not necessary he will gradually become increasingly familiar with a new word the more he hears it give our children speech models that are easy to copy let's not talk to them in long complicated sentences don't expect your children to talk like adults take the pressure off let's not make them hesitant we don't want them to stutter Oh today what we get display what did we do what is why - listen Oh outside that's a nice book let me have it money of the box thank you I'll keep it for you can you tell daddy where we played did we play in the driveway with the rocks ah oh did you get your hands all dirty did you let me see and a funding do you know they're cleaned up because I only watch them promote don't expect children to learn sounds the hard way as they listen to rapid adult conversation around one half of one folks take whatever you can every I don't need anymore handling anyway why we had long hair as well as babies grow there is so much for them to learn one of the things they have to learn is how to make each speech sound correctly the years between one and three are very important for this learning if your child does not know how to make a particular sound like or her make these sounds for him let them see how each one is made the best way to teach a little child how to produce a sound is for you to make that sound all by itself show your child that words are simply sounds put together in different ways play games which require him to listen for these sounds for example give them a direction to follow with one of the words broken apart such as put on your earth every parent should occasionally make errors in his speech and then correct them or allow their child to make the correction children will then learn that making a mistake is not so terrible or serious this teaches the child that we all make mistakes and that we should correct them for Hamburg it looks okay and we can use some for once everyone and how about some wettest nervous we made let it wet it don't wait and let's see how about what kind of soup would you like I don't how about some vegetable soup vegetable soup me about it how about oranges you like some oranges ask your child to name the pictures of a familiar storybook encourage expression by asking him to tell you his version of the story you don't have to read a story exactly as it was written some children's book so much too complicated okay what nursed a pig is there and there a sinner pig going too bad let's say yes good screwball rabbit always try to use simple short phrases and sentences with your child to tell a story choose shorter words when you can those he will understand and will likely imitate when new words are attempted encourage him to use them even though they're not said correctly give his speech a chance to grow by not interrupting Winnie the Pooh lives in a house in the forest when he's a people teaching a child to talk should be enjoyable for everyone especially the child and it will if you provide love and security if he is given time to practice speech sounds if you teach him to imitate gestures and actions along with speech and language if he is not pressured to make all sounds correctly during the early years if he is encouraged to use new words to get things to communicate ideas or direct other people if you will use slow short simple clear words and phrases if his speech is gradually corrected by simply repeating words for him that he makes an error if you casually make the same sort of error in your own speech and then correct it in front of him if he is allowed to enjoy talk [Music] as a parent you have the responsibility to teach your child to talk [Music] [Applause] [Music]