0-6 months
WHAT A BABY DOES
- Your baby responses to sounds, looks or turns its head to the source.
- Produces sounds
WHAT A PARENT SHOULD DO
- talk to it with calm and warm way
- Sing and laugh with it
- Explain the sounds that it hears
- Give names to the familiar people and things you are using in your everyday life.
- Tell to it what are you doing
WHEN YOU SHOULD WORRY
- Observe if your baby responds to sounds. If not check its hearing.
- Seek for help if your baby while trying to communicate doesn’t have eye contact.
Until 12 months
WHAT A BABY SHOULD DO
- Understands simple orders
- Says “mum’ and “dad”
- Responds when it hears its name
WHAT A PARENT SHOULD DO
- Play with your voice the babies like it very much, the melody of your speech helps the baby understand and use his/her tongue more effectively.
- Help your baby discover the joy of communication, encourage every type of mutual conciliation (laughter, smile, observation, expressions of the face etc.)
- Help it to understand that: <>
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- In this stage television offers minimum stimulus to the child.Don’t let him to sit and watch for a long time because it doesn’t promote real communication.
Until 18 months
WHAT A BABY SHOULD DO
- Understands simple instructions and sentences
- Gives names to familiar things
- His/her vocabulary is enriched
WHAT A PARENT SHOULD DO
- Talk to it regular, using grammatical right sentences and simple wordsbut not ‘baby talk’.
- Give him/herbooks from cardboard or fabric which are suitable for his/her age and discuss colors, shapes (which tend to raise his/her interest.
WHEN YOU SHOULD WORRY
- Ask for help if your child stops talking, if his speech remains stagnant or presents indications that he/ she is getting worse.
Until 2 years old
WHAT A BABY SHOULD DO
- Understands complex instructions
- Says his/her name
- Uses 2-3 word sentences
WHAT A PARENT SHOULD DO
- Enrich his/her vocabulary
- Explain him the words that he/she doesn’t understand
- Repeat the word which he/she doesn’t says right but don’t ask him to repeat it ever time.
WHEN YOU SHOULD WORRY
- If his/her vocabulary, except from ‘’mum’ and ‘’dad’ ’,has a few words.
- If his/her speech is not clear
- If he/she doesn’t combine 2 words to form simple phrases and sentences.
Until 3 years old
WHAT A BABY SHOULD DO
- Understands simple stories
- He/she uses sentences
- Asks questions
- Uses plural and intentions
WHAT A PARENT SHOULD DO
- Teach your child to tell stories, help him to clear his mind and his emotions.
- Encourage him/her to abandon the bottle and the pacifier, if he/she still uses them.
WHEN YOU SHOULD WORRY
- When his speech remains poor
- Uses a few verbs or no articles or objectives
- He/she doesn’t use plural
- He/she doesn’t do simple sentences
Until 4 years old
WHAT A BABY SHOULD DO
- The speech of your child resembles more the speech of adults concerning the grammar and syntax.
WHAT A PARENT SHOULD DO
- Read stories together and retell them to each other. In this way you encourage a positive attitude to reading and language (oral and written).
- Children need your example :let them see you to read.
WHEN YOU SHOULD WORRY
- It’s difficult to start a sentence or if he/she repeats syllables or words.
- Uses small and not correct organized sentences.
- He’s speech isn’t understandable every time.
- He can’t recall simple and recent events.
