Words are the transportation of communication used to share thoughts, ideas, feelings and so much more. The use of words is so common they are taken for granted, unless the words are unknown. Such as traveling to a different country than your own, where a different language is spoken than the language you are comfortable with or know a little of. Words become frustration when the lack of understanding inhibits the comprehension of communication.
Communication, a necessary skill and tool in having a relationship with anyone. Only when my three grandchildren came to me to give care to – there was no communication, and no words. There was plenty of vocalization, but nothing verbal in what they wanted or how they felt. Using hand motions and pointing to objects saying the identifying order of sounds to create the necessary word of communication, the children began to repeat my order of sounds, learning vocabulary and communication.
The eldest of the three, at age three years of age, Mr. A started putting sounds together to form words. Then joy filled his eyes when I responded with giving him what he wanted to drink in his glass, instead of what was being served. Once Mr. A realized that sounds make words of things and actions, and he could share those ideas and things with me, the words began to form the thoughts in his mind flowed forth from his small mouth creating joy in the ears of this Granny.
Teaching a small child to communicate with vocabulary is more about listening than speaking. Speaking a word is required for the child to learn the sounds of forming a word and meaning. Listening encourages the child to speak. Listening is giving the child’s words importance, their thoughts value, and opens the door to discovery, exploration and learning.
Soon after Mr. A was getting what he wanted and attention to the words that he spoke, Mr. M was not to be outdone. While Mr. M was not willing to reveal all the vocabulary he was able to command, he liked the attention of being listened to and his thoughts and wants heard. Little Ms. L at the age of one was starting to build a vocabulary and name who she wanted attention from.
Communication, an important skill. Listening an important tool in developing communication.
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