How can our family turn things around and help our children become better speakers. Would making some New Year's resolutions help? - Becoming Good Speakers
Answer:How well children speak ties closely to the quality of their participation in class discussions. It also affects their relationships with classmates and teachers. The articulate student is the one who everyone chooses for leadership positions. Being a good speaker also means being an organized thinker who can present his or her thoughts clearly. This relates closely to being a good writer.
Helping your children become good speakers starts from the time they are infants and doesn't stop until the day they leave home. It encompasses learning when to express oneself as well as how to speak politely and appropriately in all kinds of situations.
Resolutions for Parents of Preschoolers
-Resolve to talk as much as you can to your children from the day of their birth. They will model their speech on what they hear.
-Resolve to be an attentive listener to any glimmer of response you get from them so your children will know you are interested in what they are saying or trying to say.
-Resolve to limit correction of your children's grammar, as it discourages them from talking. Before the age of 5, children simply haven't completely figured out grammar.
-Resolve to build good speech manners by letting them see you speak politely to everyone.
Resolutions for Parents of Schoolchildren
-Resolve to avoid using words that will not be acceptable at school or in most social situations.
-Resolve to talk to your children every day about their school day.
-Resolve to have family dinners every night in which everyone shares in the conversation.
-Resolve to build the idea that talking is fun.
-Resolve to be a good listener to encourage your children to talk.
-Resolve to increase the opportunities for talking by really limiting TV-viewing time.
Resolutions for Parents of Teenagers
-Resolve to use sophisticated vocabulary to enhance your children's verbal skills.
-Resolve to read short news or magazine articles to your children to encourage discussions of more serious issues.
-Resolve to find an activity to share with your teens that involves a lot of talking, from playing games to having an interest in a hobby or sport.