It is important to note that in the first attempts to carry out the activities, the children may not make any sound, it is all part of a process, of turning the practices into habits, but that they be varied and not overwhelming or exhausting. Exercises to stimulate language should not keep a lot of practice time, just what is necessary and fair. When the child is distracted, he must stop, rest and then try again, with laughter, grimaces, among others.
Useful tips for language stimulation
- Mix of short activities must be carried out.
- Activities range from the simple to the complex.
- The sounds, the toys must be varied.
- The texture also plays an important role for learning.
- Very colorful toys attract attention.
- Toys are used to help imitation, sounds and even gestures, they are helpful in strategies.
- Allow the child to interact, examine the toy so that he wants to make it part of the activity, the child has the option of choosing what he wants to work with.
- Use the toys in groups, that is, in a specific classification. Where one day they play and imitate animals or shapes of the same color, which maintain the same characteristics, among others.
- Make the activity fun, become the character he imitates, not only in sound, but in actions and gestures.
- Prioritize what the child likes best about that toy.
- Make movements with your hands that are pleasant.
- You can use costume to imitate.
- Try as much as possible not to touch the child, that may make him uncomfortable.
- Give the child space to move and breathe.
Being the forerunner of new language stimulation techniques, based on imitations, assumptions, actions, this will give the child a different vision of learning.
Keywords to work
You must be accurate and truthful, aware of the keywords you want to work with, where they learn an introductory dialect, allowing those words to be your defense tool in the language. In other words, these keywords should be used to indicate or request something.
Stimulating through play is in part the first option we must choose, it must be remembered that children learn is through play.
Lengujae stimulation should not be forced, it should be done with pleasure and fun so that the environment encourages learning. Remember that nothing works by force, the better the feedback, the better the teaching-learning method.