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When a child utters the first word, age
A woman communicates with her baby from birth. Constantly observing the development of the baby, the mother always especially notes the moment when the child utters the first word. This day remains in memory for life as a joyful and bright date.
The first word that a child utters is forever remembered by parents
When does the child say the first word?
The kid wants to communicate with the world around him from birth. His first attempts at this are onomatopoeia. He looks at the adults around him and repeats the movements of his lips, tongue, changes in facial expressions.
Up to six months, children can only cry and pronounce random sets of sounds. It turns out to be a cute gurgle, which caring parents sometimes compare to speech.
After six months, the sound supply of the crumbs expands. He manages to reproduce what he hears around, and to give out the semblance of words: “ba-ba”, “ha-ha”, etc. This cannot be regarded as speech: sounds are pronounced unconsciously, the baby is just learning to use the articulatory apparatus.
Conscious speech is possible in children at the end of the first year of life. Girls begin to speak at about 10 months, boys “mature” later – by 11-12 months
The first word a child utters is usually “mother”, because it is her that he sees most often, through her he learns the world around him, most of his emotions are connected with her.
After the first conscious word, there is a period of “calm”. The baby practically does not speak and accumulates a passive vocabulary. By the age of 1,5, the baby begins to build simple sentences. By this age, his vocabulary has more than 50 positions that the child can use quite consciously.
How can I help my child pronounce the first words faster?
In order for the crumbs’ speech skills to develop at a rapid pace, you need to deal with him from birth. Experts advise to observe the following rules:
do not “lisp” and communicate with the baby in literate Russian;
repeat the names of objects several times in different situations;
read fairy tales and poems;
play with the kid.
Underdeveloped muscles of the lips and mouth are often to blame for the inability to speak. To correct this deficiency, invite your child to do simple exercises:
blow;
whistle;
hold a straw like a mustache with your upper lip;
imitate the sounds made by animals.
It is noticed that the age when the first words of a child are pronounced depends on the characteristics of his family. Children of “talkative” parents begin to communicate earlier than those who were born to “silent”. Kids, who regularly read books, already at 1,5-2 years old are able not only to formulate sentences, but also to recite a small rhyme by heart.