What did you teach you 1 year old first in terms of speaking

[BusyBee2017]

What did you teach you 1 year old first in terms of speaking?

I.e. Animals? Animal sounds? Numbers, shapes? Or something else

Did you concentrate on a topic a week?

HIs speech sounds normal for his age - just carry on and don't stress.

They do it in their own time. Just talk to him a lot, sing nursery rhymes, read simple books, etc.

My MiL once told me that a BiL barely said a word until he was 3, and she'd been getting worried, but then it came out in whole sentences. He'd just been taking it all in and biding his time. He turned out to be extremely clever, BTW.

I have a three year old and a 1 year old and have never taught them anything in terms of speaking. Just talked to them! They pick it all up from you/family/friends etc.

DD's favourite "phrase" is "Oh Dear". With a perfect imitation of the marginally sarcastic intonation my DH has been known to use.

Body parts, colours, nursery rhymes and animals all jumbled up - one of her first words was our dog's name - so just what she heard...

Obviously living in fear of words she "shouldn't" have heard but we both know she has... Sheep is distressingly close to shit from a toddler's lips...

Like the PPs, I mostly just chatter. I've always chattered away to myself so extending this to a baby wasn't difficult! When DD1 shows an interest in an area of learning (such as animal names/noises, body parts, numbers etc etc) then I go with it and chat about that, so I suppose that counts as more of a 'lesson'. The only special effort I put in (if you can call it that!) is not to simplify my language. I might use the odd 'doggie'/'birdie' etc, but I leave in the longer words. She's nearly 3yo now, speaks in mostly full sentences, and asks really involved questions I struggle to answer in a way she can understand. I've never set out to teach a particular thing on a certain day/week. DD2 is only 10mo with 2 proper words, and I do the same chatter and commentary with her.

In terms of you feeling their language is behind, how is their comprehension of what you say? I've always thought that's a much more important thing than speech. I also agree with PPs that there is a huge variation of normal, and personally I've found my perspective of 'average' has been skewed by other toddlers I know of the same age. Two were way ahead of DD1 at 2yo and I was concerned she was behind. I've since learned (thanks to her starting preschool) she is a good way above average and her 'friends' are exceptional. I've found her language has bloomed in spurts too, so you may well find a huge leap happens almost overnight in the near future.

Go with what they're interested in. When he points or looks at something, name it for him. "Yes, that's a bear! Carrot! Your carrot! That's your daddy."

I concentrated a lot on getting g them to say Papa - so that's who they called for in the night

Seriously though, just talked to them constantly about everything. What we could see out of the car windows, what we were playing with, stuff in the supermarket. We had great chats and eventually their burbles became words. I wonder if that's why my son never shuts up ............

I spoke to my dcs about what we were doing, how things worked, like the rain cycle... Read to them. Just talked, sometimes baby talk back... Described what they were doing, or what I was doing.

Ds2 didn't speak much about the same age. He did use sign language he made up. He doesn't do anything until he feels he can do it perfectly! Now he's very articulate.

Thank you everybody that is very useful.yes I do talk to Him loads and I also read books to him.

He loves his books and always wants us to read him.

I have started on animal sounds lately and he is picking it up and repeating.. slowly but surely

He doesn't do anything until he feels he can do it perfectly! Now he's very articulate

DD1 was like this! She would process words but wouldn't say them. Wouldn't repeat anything we were saying in case she got it wrong. Then just before 2 she started talking in perfect sentences! Now at 3.5 she talks like an adult.
DD2 is completely different and has had 100+ words since about 17 months. At 22 months she has 500+ words and is just starting to put sentences together, but in a very different way to DD1. I think they'll get to the same stage by the same time though.