Articulation Exercises – Developing Language

Today I share some articulation exercises for language development in children starting from the first year of life.

Speech sounds are produced when the organs of articulation perform a complex set of movements. We correctly pronounce the different sounds as separately so in the speech flow due to the strength, good mobility and differentiated work of the organs of articulation. Thus, pronunciation of the sounds of speech is a complex motor skill.

Already in infancy a baby performs lots of different articulation and mimic movements with the tongue, lips, jaw, accompanying these movements with diffuse sounds (babbling). Such movements are the first stage in the child’s speech development; they exercise the speech organs in natural living conditions. Accuracy, power, and differentiation of these movements are developing gradually in the child.

Games in Early Child Development

In this article I cover a topic about the importance of games in early child development.
It is known that people distribute all their energy conventionally among such areas of life as:

• work (direct action);

• contact with the surrounding world (friendship, communication, love);

• interests (hobbies);

• and the body (aimed at maintaining the beauty of the body).


A game is the dominant activity of a child, in which all the described above areas of activity overlap. In other words, life and play are almost inseparable for the child, but namely a play provides his development.

Milestones of Baby Development

According to the milestones of baby development, a 3 month old baby must be able to reach for the toys hung over him, get a finger in her mouth, to hold a rattle in his hand. A 4 month old baby must consciously reach out for the object he liked, and in a month, he must put a thing from one hand into another one, etc.

Every day the baby’s movements become more precise and skillful, but ... For your baby to develop in accordance with the described rules, you have to help him a little. After all, biology just determines the potential of the child, but he can develop only if he gets appropriate training.

Importance of Nursery Rhymes for Babies

Let’s speak today about the importance of nursery rhymes for babies. Your speech, full of literary and artistic forms of expression, will necessarily lead not only to the development of a child's language and improve its understanding, but will also contribute to the enrichment of his aesthetic and emotional outlook.


Choosing nursery rhymes

While choosing chants and rhymes for your baby you should keep in mind that it should be a harmonious rhyme that will cause a rich range of aesthetic experience in you. Do not worry if you see that the baby does not understand you. Remember that he sees, hears, feels and absorbs everything like a sponge. He sees your example of attitude to poetry.

What are Musical Education and Musical Development?

Have you ever asked yourself "What are musical education and musical development? How music influences my baby’s development". In today’s article I want to introduce you to musical education to help you encourage the development of your baby’s musical abilities.

So, musical education is a purposeful shaping of the child’s personality by the impact of music - formation of his interests, needs, aesthetic attitude to an individual.

Musical development is the result of formation of a child during the active musical activities.

And musicality is a number of abilities that help the child manifest himself in different musical activities: listening to music, singing, movements, musical creativity.

The more often your baby communicates with music, the more musical he gets; the more musical he gets, the happier and more welcome are his meetings with it.

Healthy Immune System in Babies

Maintenance and development of healthy immune system in babies is, in my opinion, the major task of parents after providing them with safety, nutrition and love. And what gift could be better than a strong health for the whole life?

Initially, a newborn has a good immune system (provided that pregnancy and childbirth were normal and a child was born healthy and with no abnormalities), which he gets from his mother. When being breastfed, a baby has a strong immune system up to six months. But if a baby is fed baby formula, he starts being ill earlier.

In any case, a baby initially has a strong immune system. The task of parents is at least not to weaken it, or better to boost it greatly. The best way to stimulate the immune system is to constantly train it, i.e. it should be forced to always work (but not with full strength).

To maintain immune system in a constant state of readiness to work against diseases, you can do the following actions:

Put few clothes on your baby. This does not mean that the baby has to feel cold. If the body temperature between the shoulder blades on the back is normal, then the baby is warm, even if his hands and feet are cold. Overheating is more dangerous for babies.

Emotional and Social Child Development Stages

In today’s article I focus on peculiarities of emotional and social child development stages.

Have you noticed how it is interesting to watch the development of your baby? How your little one not just learns something new every day, but also shows in his own way the things he has learned and mastered. In my opinion, emotions are the most fascinating thing your baby is beginning to show while trying to communicate with you.

So let’s talk in details about peculiarities of social and emotional development of your little one within the first year of life.


1 months

• Baby is active for one hour during the day;
• he cries when he needs help;
• calms down when taken in your arms;
• his face looks indifferent and does not express anything when being awake;
• is able to establish eye contact;
• responds to your voice;
• adapts his position in the hands of the person who holds him;
• looks at your face in response to your smile.