Dads can have such a great impact on their child's development. Sometimes, the wording can be complicated for milestones. Speech and language has a vocabulary all of it's own. Here are 10 tips for dads that break down how to help develop your child's speech and language skills. You will also help them become emergent readers. Learning starts at birth, and you can have an impact! 1. Exploring things together – look at things together, point to items and name them. Try to encourage kids to talk, and avoid answering for them.
2. Literacy in the home - Look at books together, have your child name the pictures, read them stories.
3. Spacing - Get down to their level and face them when talking. As early as infancy, children learn from your facial expressions.
4. Face to face contact while sitting - Whether at the dinner table or in the living room, try to sit across from your child. They will learn from your presence.
5. Unplug and Play - Less screen time - more dad time.
6. Echo Echo Echo - Repeat back their words and teach language skills.
7. Audiologist - If you are worried about hearing loss, consult an audiologist. This impacts language development.
8. Karaoke time - Sing songs and nursery rhymes when your kids are young. Break out that Karaoke and make language development fun.
9. Children are like sponges - Try to remember that very activity is a language learning activity.
10. Keep it simple - Remember to keep your level of language simple and easy to understand.
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