Do not wait for your child to start school and learn language skills thereafter instead begin early and with the right kind of activities.
Here are some fun games and activities to help enhance your child’s language!
Storytelling
Not only does storytelling improve your bond with your child, but it also develops your child’s communication and language skills. It also improves their vocabulary.
Word games
Word games help in testing a child’s ability with language. It intrigues their sences and helps them improve their vocabulary. Some of the common word games include scrabble, puzzles etcs.
Match the alphabet
If your child is still young to play with word games, you can also introduce them to match the alphabet,’ where in the child selects, recognizes and puts together similar alphabets.
Riddles
Riddles are a great way to develop and encourage higher level thinking skills, enhancing language and literacy.
Listening to nursery songs
Again, if your child is still in the developing stage, making them listen to and singing together nursery rhymes can help improve their language skills.
Tongue twisters
Tongue twisters focus more on improving pronunciation and fluency. Besides, they can also help improve accents by using alliteration, which is the repetition of sounds.
Labeling game
In this you can take a piece of cardboard and write words commonly found at home. Read each word aloud and ask your child to place it on top of the item. This is a great way to improve their language and learning abilities.