Would you like your young children to grow up to be excellent communicators?
Then take the time to read to them often -- using good speech and grammar skills.
Also take them on those family outings to explore nature as well as exhibits found in museums and art galleries, and other educational centers.
Don't just look at things passively. Explain things to them, being careful to speak grammatically and clearly with good pronunciation and pausing.
When you get back home ask them to explain what they noticed in their own words. Don't grill them of course. Just ask things like what they enjoyed about the trip. Let them learn to express themselves clearly in their own words.
Don't correct them as they speak. Commend them for the things they noticed and their explanations. Make the whole trip and conversations about it with you enjoyable.
If you start all of this early enough and continue it throughout their early years they'll master communication skills much quicker and easier. Children learn best by following role models
Scientists have discovered that children are just like Japanese starlings and other birds who quickly learn and master complex melodies just by listening to their parents.
Children are just like that with language skills.
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