When Does A Child Learn To Speak?
If you’re a fresh mom and you hear your little baby joking, you might be wondering because your child is learning to talk. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the subject and tell you everything you need to know about your baby’s verbal skills, as well as when your kids will start talking!
The first words
The baby’s first words are sometimes just the product of the adult imagination. Or don’t you know anyone who, when they hear a baby joking, associates familiar sounds with certain words?
However, the first words of babies are nothing but pronouns that we adults associate with things and words we are familiar with. The human nature is special in that we want to pretend the baby is saying words consciously, even though he is still too young to speak and understand the context.
As we rule out situations and stories about the love we feel for our children and the fantasies developed by our brains about the genius of the baby’s first words, we realize that our little babies are just practicing using their voices.
However, children learn quickly. Some of the things we parents can teach them, but there are also many things that children learn at an early stage of development through their instincts, intuitions, and imitation alone. One thing that children learn completely independently is speaking.
The first words of a child are usually “mother” or “father”. At first, the child may pronounce the words vaguely and confusingly, hockeying the first letters of the word, but within weeks and as the vocal folds train, the baby eventually learns to pronounce the entire word.
In answer to the question of why a child learns to speak, let’s say there is no specific, magical age at which every child would start talking. Each baby learns to speak at their own pace, and the child’s development is influenced by, among other things, the growth environment and the social network.
Children who grow up surrounded by people who talk a lot may themselves learn to speak faster than children who have a quieter growing environment. So you can try to get your child to be the first baby in their age group to learn to talk by chatting to him from hour to hour and hoping for the best!
There is evidence that encouraging a child to speak, sing, and read may accelerate the development of his or her speaking skills. However, speaking must be learned by each child at their own pace, as must motor skills such as crawling and walking.
Understanding words and expanding vocabulary
When babies start joking about their first words, they don’t understand the meaning of the words. The baby just wants to repeat the sounds that his parents hear produced. So at this point, the baby doesn’t yet understand what the words “mother” or “father” really mean.
The baby begins to understand the meaning of his first words at about 11-15 months of age.
After a year, the child begins to add more complex words to their vocabulary. He begins to ask for objects and describes what he hears and sees in his own way. The child tries to tell us about his basic needs such as toilet trouble or thirst.
While many children learn several words during their first year of life, others appear to be too lazy to try to speak.
At this age, some children still replace the use of words in sign language in many situations. If a child wants to go to the bedroom, he might push us in the direction of the room. The child may show his bottle to tell about hunger or he may play in front of his crib to express his desire to get to sleep.
As the child learns to speak?
If there is nothing wrong with your child’s vocal cords and no other trouble prevents him from starting to communicate verbally, he will learn to speak when the time is right for him.
Every child has their own unique traits and qualities, and as parents it is our job to love and appreciate the child just the way he or she is. The children start talking at their own pace.
