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By Terry
Ross
When the
suggestion is first made to new mothers to be that they
should talk and read books to their
babies while they are still in the womb it often appears
a ridiculous suggestion to make.
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However, introducing your
baby to books and chatting to them
before they are born isn’t as stupid as it sounds.
Babies do start to learn language while they are still
in the womb.
While in the womb, a baby
learns to identify with his mother, recognise her voice
and associate it with being safe and warm and by the
time a baby is born he will have already taken his first
steps towards learning language. A baby will have
listened to his mother’s voice and learnt from the
books she had read and will already be
well aware of what his mother sounds like from the day
he enters the world. |
A newborn baby will pay more
attention to voice than any other sound. He will love to
hear his mother’s voice and cherish the attention that
comes from his mother reading
books to
him every day.
It’s never too soon to start
reading books to your baby and introducing your baby to
baby books. The sooner you start reading the quicker
your baby will learn and the sooner you introduce your
baby to baby books the quicker your baby will associate
objects to words.
Your baby will generally
utter his first words around five – six months of age.
Just simple one syllable words but words that will have
a very special meaning in your baby’s life which is why
a baby’s first words are so often mama or dada.
Once your baby has uttered
his first words others will quickly follow with your
baby learning a handful of words every month. If you
read books to your baby from before he is even born and
use baby books to help your baby associate objects with
words from a very early age the quicker your baby will
learn his first words and learn to communicate.
If you want to give your
baby a good start in life make sure you always respond
to your baby when he starts to communicate, talk to your
baby as you go about your daily chores, read
books to
your baby, spend time with your baby showing him
pictures in simple baby books and telling him what the
pictures are, repeat the same words and show him the
same baby books over and over again.
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