Contents:
- Medical Video: How to Speak or Interact with Children
- Communicate with your child
- Vocabulary and pattern of communication
- If you find a problem
- Common communication problems
Medical Video: How to Speak or Interact with Children
Communication with children is one of the most fun parts when becoming a parent. Children learn to absorb information with interactions and experiences every day not only with us, but with adults, family members, other children, and the surrounding world.
And aged 4-5 years, many children have entered kindergarten or playgroup, with language skills that will be learned in their class.
Communicate with your child
Your child will learn more when there are more interactive conversations and playing with friends. Reading books, singing, playing word games, and talking to your toddler will improve good listening.
Here are some ways to improve your child's communication skills:
- Talk about daily activities
- Talk about the books you read together
- Talk about TV programs and videos that you watch together
- Keep books, magazines, and other reading material in a place that cannot be reached by children
- Help children to make albums about themselves or our family with photos
Vocabulary and pattern of communication
As children master the ability to speak, they will also develop their communication skills. Children aged 4-5 years will usually follow more complicated instructions and enthusiastically talk about what they have done. They can compose stories, listen to stories carefully, and retell stories.
At this age, children usually understand letters and numbers as symbols of original objects and ideas, and they can use them to tell stories and explain information. Most children will know the names and sex of family members and other personal information. They used to play with words and make funny words and stories.
The child's sentence structure may include 5 words or more, and the number of children's vocabulary can reach 1000-2000 words. Speeches of children at this age should have been fully understood, even though there were errors or stuttering, especially in boys.
If you find a problem
If you feel that your child has hearing problems, language development, or speaking clarity, contact your doctor. A hearing test can be the first step to determine if your child has hearing problems.
If you feel your child's communication skills are declining or delayed, your doctor may recommend language and speech evaluation. Children who experience delays in this are usually also advised to see a developmental pediatrician or psychologist.
Common communication problems
Communication problems in children of this age are:
- Difficulty hearing
- Problems following instructions
- Difficulty asking or answering questions
- Difficult to communicate
- Lack of vocabulary knowledge
- It's hard to learn kindergarten lessons, like colors, and counting
- Sagap
- It's hard to combine sentences together
- Unclear speech
Some children will develop this problem to adulthood. Others can carry out speech therapy or further evaluation may be needed. Your doctor will determine whether your child needs to take a language evaluation or speak.
