STIIMULATING INFANT LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

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STIIMULATING INFANT LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
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I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

• Research human brains begin development very
  early
• Early months and years of life are critical and
  can be predictive of eventual lifetime achievement

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Youtube

• 3 month old baby clearly says I love you
• Amazing!

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Sheehan (Stanford Child Neurology) childs brain
is
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The research of Fowler and colleagues

• 2 groups of babies
• Group A began language stimulation at 4 months
• Group B began language stimulation at 12 months

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Justice, L. Redle (2014). Communication
sciences and disorders A clinical evidence-based
approach (3rd ed.)
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Turnbull Justice 2012 summarize research of key
indicators of caregiver responsiveness
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Research of Tamis-LeMonda and colleagues
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One study showed that
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The most powerful mechanism
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Youtube

• Still face experiment
• Shows how important caregiver responsiveness is!

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II. GENERAL LANGUAGE STIMULATION IDEAS

• Cheap, easy--daily life!

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1. Start talking to the baby at birth

• Face to face contact is ideal

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2. Begin reading to the baby very early
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When reading to the baby,

• Use simple books with colorful pictures
• Label common objects and actions for the baby
  (Lookbear. The bear is eating.)

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Youtube

• Early Literacy Sharing Language

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One of my personal favorites
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My childrens book program

• Emphasizes Love, Talk, Read

Not this!!
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3. Introduce music

• Sing to the baby
• Play music
• The baby can play!

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4. Ask questions
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5. Introduce 2 languages from birth
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6. Introduce the baby
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7. Play turntaking games

• Peek-a-boo
• Patty cake

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8. Remember that most newborns
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9. Put a safe-glass mirror

• In the babys crib
• Point out and label her body parts

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10. Imitate sounds the baby makes
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11. Use greetings and expressions
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12. When cleaning the house or going on errands
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13. Provide many opportunities
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14. Make sure
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Even paper can work!

• Youtube
• Baby laughing at ripping paper

• Micah is 8 months old

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• Youtube
• Hysterical over bubbles

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What are some common house hold items that the
baby can play with? What are some cheap/free
activities to do?
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15. Let the baby
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16. Label
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17. Use the same words
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18. Start a scrapbook

• Soft cotton cloth book
• Cut favorite animals and favorite objects out of
  fuzzy cloth glue them into the book
• Go through the scrapbook with the baby have him
  feel the pictures as you name them
• You can also let the baby touch other pictures
  and objects

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III. LABELING PLAY THE RESEARCH OF WILLIAM
FOWLER

• Labeling play naming common objects that babies
  encounter in their daily experiences
• There are ways to specifically do this that make
  words easier to learn

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The keys
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For example

• Theres the cat.
• Heres your bottle!
• I see Grandpa.

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Advantages of Word Labeling over Ordinary Speech

• Ordinary speech proceeds in the background,
  unrelated to babys attention or interest

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Word labeling engages babys attention directly

Theres the doggy! See the doggy?
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• Word labeling
• Ordinary conversation

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• Word labeling
• Ordinary conversation

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The bottom line is..

• variety!