Why are adults often making animal sounds with children?
Have you ever wondered why adults tend to be mooing, meowing and woofing with children?
Children tend to be fascinated by animals. They also love it when adults make silly animal sounds with them!
But there is more to it….
Animal sounds are easy for kids to say because they contain…
Early speech sounds such as vowels, p, m, h, n, w, b, t, d
Easiest syllable shapes of consonant-vowel combinations such as “moo” and “baa”
Animal sounds can be also easily integrated into…
playtime with animals and a farm or zoo toy
puzzle time
book time
adventures out in the community, e.g., pet stores, zoos, aquariums, farms
Because these sounds are easy to say, easily incorporated into play and fun to hear, children are more likely to imitate them, which is important for early speech and language development!
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