How do we use daily life to teach the child new language vocabulary?

30/06/2022
2:46 PM

Children in their stage of development, especially the stage of their language development, need the support and help of parents so that they can overcome this stage with a large linguistic outcome, especially if the child suffers from a language delay or any problem that led to the occurrence of the language delay in the child. Some parents have difficulty following up on their child's linguistic development due to lack of time or lack of control over their children. Through this article, we will help you increase your child's linguistic stock from daily events

Functional play

o play with our children to develop their skills does not sometimes require an organized and tidy environment, and approved and distinguished games in order to be completed, or to teach the child language skills or any other skills, as life is about new functional experiences; Therefore, we can also use functional play to teach the child different skills. Functional play “is an employment of the surrounding environment and the available materials in it to teach the child a new skill.” We can exploit any movement that the child makes or that we make to educate the child and increase his stock with the presence of a specific influence, thus we have embodied the matter in a more realistic way And we helped the child to generalize what he learns to his surrounding environment and made him acquire new linguistic vocabulary with new motor and cognitive skills as well. There are some daily activities or matters that we can use to teach the child vocabulary

Daily activities in teaching the child a new language vocabulary

Our day, and the day of the child, is usually full of many events, such as waking up, sleeping, eating, bathing, changing clothes, and so on. And these routine events are interspersed with more events such as visits, shopping and going out for a picnic. So how can we educate our child through these events?

1- The events of awakening from sleep; By talking with the child about the daily plan and saying the morning greeting to him, then the next steps of washing the teeth, face, and hands. And all these steps are interspersed with a description and explanation by the parents

2- Events of breakfast or eating, through the participation of the child in preparing the meal and introducing him to the ingredients used and their classifications (fruits, vegetables, kitchen utensils...etc.) Thus, it is preferable to choose the child and urge him to speak so that the continuous description process does not become tedious, for example, “Do you like to rely on labneh or hummus"

3- Buying household items such as fruits, vegetables, or any other necessities. Do not hesitate to include your children in these different activities and help them acquire the skill of planning, implementation, and classifying things into their groups, shapes, and colors

4- When changing a child's clothes, it is preferable to do this with a lot of description and speech, by distinguishing the clothes, their types and colors and when to wear them. In its shapes and colours

5- Even through a car ride, we can use it to describe the surrounding environment and imagine stories from the street itself

6- It is important to use bedtime to exchange stories with the child, not only by reading, but we can give the child an idea, for example, “Suppose you get the opportunity to go on a trip, what will you do?” With reading different stories to the child

These different activities we can do daily with the child; Thus, the child gets a good linguistic and cognitive treasury

The importance of functional play

There are various types of play, including functional and imaginative play. Functional play that does not require an organized and equipped environment is of great importance to the child. Functional play:

1- It enhances cognitive, executive and problem-solving skills

2- It increases the child's linguistic stock, which is important for the child's development

3- It opens up for the child multiple areas in getting to know the surrounding environments and ways to deal with them

4- It strengthens the relationships more and makes them more fun between the child and the parents

5- The child is involved in various activities that make him more cooperative. And other different benefits for parents and children. Diversify playing with your children, and use functional play

You can also take advantage of functional play if you do not find a suitable time to play with the child. Always take advantage of circumstances and situations to educate your child

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