Games and Actitivites to teach baby Language

In this baby language page, I will introduce three kinds of games and activities for three important steps to teach your baby language:

First Approach--- Making sense of words and objects

Second Approach--- Encourage your baby to speak

Third Approach---- teaching your baby's himself

The First Approach of Games and activities

The Naming Game

This game is suitable for 6-14+ months baby

This game teachers your baby that people and objects are identified by particular names. It is one of the earliest introduces to language your baby will have.

Things you need

Start our by identifying everyday toys and objects, such as ball, rattle, spoon, teddy bear, blanket, apple, etc. Build and expand the range of toys, objects, and people as your baby learns them.

Play instruction

Get your baby's attention by calling her name. Once she responds,say,"This is Cherry(your baby's name)" while pointing to her. Then point to another person and say, "That is Daddy (or someone else in the room)". Also point to or hold up a favorite toy and say its name, such as "Train". Hand the toy to the child and repeat the toy's name:" This is Sarah's train."

Say then do game

This baby language game is suitable for 3+ months baby

One way to keep a conversation going with your child is to tell him what you are planning to do before you do it. As he gets older, these cues will help him prepare for transitions. In this simple game, you are corresponding words to actions and communicating intentions. Your baby is learning how to associate words and intentions with his corresponding action.

Things you need

You don't need anything special for this game. It works best when you are executing basic, repetitive, everyday actions, such as the refrigerator or putting toys away.

Play instruction

As you go through your daily routine with your baby, tell him what you are planning to do before you do it."Mommy is going to fix lunch." "Daddy is going to change Sam's diaper." Then bring the baby to the changing table.

Act while you speak game

This baby language game is suitable for 3+ months baby

Because babies learn from non-verbal cues, you can reinforce what you are saying by using gestures and body language. This helps reduce your baby's frustration and helps her communicate when she sees how to show you what she wants.

Things you need

Nothing special is needed for this game. Again, it's just a matter of consciously using body language and gestures combined with words to communicate with your baby.

Play instruction

Use simple gestures to illustrate what you are saying. An obvious example is waving goodbye while saying:"bye-bye." When it's time to eat, you may say,:" Joanna sounds hungry! Time to eat," while putting your fingers to your mouth as if feeding yourself. You can also act out the words to popular Children's songs . Older babies love imitating your actions as you do this, If you sing a song about a bird, flap your arms like wings and encourage your child to do the same.

You may Wonder: How to use simple gestures to illustrate what you are saying in front of your baby? Check baby sign language from here.

Things you need to know:

Personalized children songs are working very well to help young children to learn language, the more they hear their name be mentioned, the more they gain the attention. Find excellent personalized children music from here.

Use one-word cues game

This baby language is suitable for 3+ months babies

Using short sentence helps you keep your baby's attention. But your baby's receptive language is far greater than his expressive language for the first several years, so also giving him one-word cues to use helps him learn to communicate effectively with you.

Things you need

You need to remember to use one-word cues as you move about throughout your day with your baby.

Play instruction

Describe what you are doing with your baby in a simple sentence:" I'm picking Michael up." Then give a one-word cue that describes the action:"UP." TO reinforce it, you can rephrase the sentence again:" Michael wants up." , your baby will focus on the word "Up" and use it to indicate when he wants to be picked up.

Old rhyme, new word game

This baby language game is suitable for 9+ months babies

Babies learn through repetition, and repetition is actually how they also notice something new. By changing the words in a rhyme your baby is familiar with, you can encourage her language memory skills.

Things you need

You'll need books and children music CDs. to learn rhymes so you can add little changes to the words once your baby learns them.

Play instruction

Repeat a rhyme or lullaby to your baby several times. Once your baby is familiar with the rhyme, change one of the words(a noun works best) to something nonsensical. Your baby will notice and possibly respond to the change. Older babies may think your "mistake" is funny.

Things you need to know:

As we mentioned above, Personalized children songs are working very well to help young children to learn language, the more they hear their name be mentioned, the more they gain the attention. Find excellent personalized children music from here.

Tell a story about your baby himself

This baby language game is suitable for 3 + month babies

Babies are extremely selfish and self-centered, so they will pay attention to a story starring them. Your baby likes nothing more than hearing a story about himself... and you will find this to be true for many years to come. Telling stories to your baby about himself is a great way to engage him.

Things you need

You just need uninterrupted time throughout the bay to talk to your baby.

Play Instruction

Spend a few minutes telling your baby about himself and the things that he does. Describe what he looks like, how strong he is, what his favorite toys are, and what he did today. You can say things like, "Jack has brown hair" and "Jack likes to play with his cars and trucks."

Upgraded play instruction

Upgraded play will take your baby's language skill into next step. Buy personalized children story in CD-ROM format, this is a great learning tool for babies which combines the feature of children story and computer game. Your baby Clicks the characters on your computer while hearing the characters speak to him, in this way, your baby's brain gets stimulated, more links between wordings and real life are being built.

Babies recognize their own names by about six months, and they will notice it being spoken by adults around. Babies can pick up language skills even when the words are not directly speak at them, so create as many as listening opportunities for your baby is a good approach for your little one to learn language.. Hearing her name encourages your baby to pay attention to what your are saying, even if you are not speaking to her.

This baby language game is suitable for 6+ months babies

Things you need

You just need other people to talk with and your baby sitting close by.

Play Instruction

Strike up a conversation about your baby with another adult, so your baby can hear it. Be sure to use your baby's name frequently as you speak.

Do What I Say Game

Test and practice with your child to show you that she understands your words builds her confidence.

This baby language game is suitable for 9+ months babies

Things you may need

Play Instruction

Get your baby's attention by calling her name. Then direct her attention to your task. Here I give you an example,Call your baby's name first:" Emily, your book is on the floor." Once her attention is on the book, give her the direction you want her to follow, such as :"Emily, PUT your book AWAY." Repeat the direction a few times. If your baby doesn't seem to understand, help her pick up the book and put it away, then say:" Emily put her book away."

Sing a song in a different way game

It is true that babies respond to sing voices, that's why singing is a must have part in all kinds of baby playgroups. As we said earlier, babies learn through repetition, but they also pay attention to novelty. By varying the way you song songs, you will keep your baby's attention while reinforcing the words you're singing.

This baby language game is suitable for 3+ months babies

Things you might need

Play some good children songs to your baby,find the one you think your baby likes it. Then spend some time to learn to sing it. Find good Children songs from here.

Play InstructionSing your baby's favorite song using different inflections: Fast and high; Low and slow; spoken and sing-songy. Notice how your baby reacts to the different ways you song the song.

Game Variation

To make your life easier, you may play different types of children music to your baby instead of singing by yourself, such as, country Western, Pop, Rap, Oldies Rock, Ballad, etc. Click here to find good children music album with various kinds of music style.

Sing what you are doing game

Babies naturally love to hear music and people sing, try singing or just playing music in place of speaking to your baby.

This baby language game is suitable for 3+ months babies

Things you need in this baby language game

Play Instruction

Instead of telling your baby what you are doing throughout the day, sing it! or playing a song about it! When you sing it, just add a tune to sentence like:" Mommy is changing Lily's diaper."

Tell me where is it game

Reading helps even young babies learn language skills. By playing reading games, you will stimulate your baby's brain beyond her just hearing the words on page.

This baby language game is suitable for 9+ months babies

Things you may need

You need baby-friendly CD-ROM children stories. They will contain clickable and moving objects and words appropriate for the age and this type of learning, you can find it from here.

Play Instruction

While young babies may be more interested in eating the book than looking at it. CD-ROM children story becomes a great "book" to only draw baby's attention on having them to look at it. Encourage your child to explore the world of stories by clicking out objects. For example, "where is the doggie?" and then show your baby where the doggy is on the screen. Do this for several objects in the story. Eventually she will point to them on her own.

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