When children start saying certain words and letters, they start asking questions repeatedly. Sometimes asking the same question over and over until they get the answer causes parents to get bored and not listen to them. However, Language and Speech Therapy Specialist Gözde Malkoç says that children see asking questions and getting answers as a game, and not answering the questions they ask even though they know the answers does not contribute to their language development. Speech Therapy Specialist Gözde Malkoç said, “What is this? Who's this? Mom, where is the car? and the different questions that follow are very important patterns that nourish language and concept development. The questions asked to the child by adults, the questions the child asks himself, and the questions the child asks his parents to meet his needs are very important in language development. The questions asked by the adult to the child are a valuable opportunity for the child to think. Language skills and thinking are combined with the child's answers to questions. If the child feels well-intentioned pressure with a soft tone of voice and maintaining eye contact, understands the question and tries to answer it, this gives parents information about their receptive language skills. The answer may not always be verbal, the answer may also be given by simply shaking the head. The mother can repeat the question to get a verbal response. With these repetitions, the child begins to grasp question forms and he begins to ask questions,” she said.
They see asking questions as a game
Malkoç said that it has always been wondered why children ask a lot of questions and continued his words as follows:
“The child sees asking questions and getting answers as a game and wants to play because he likes it. He already knows the answers to the questions he asks, but finding the questions useless or ignoring them just because he knows them does not serve language development. The child enjoys asking questions and is cognitively renewed at the same time. He wants to hear that you accept the truth of what he knows. These questions such as "Will my aunt come, will my maternal aunt come?" If the aunt is someone you want, the rest may not come when the answer is positive. In case of negative answers, the child It can be repeated until satisfaction is achieved. This style is important in terms of developing the child's abstract thinking and encouraging him to talk.
The child may also direct you a question that he does not know the answer to. They want their questions to be answered, so they shape their questions in a way that their parents will understand while asking or before asking. This shaping includes the skills of choosing appropriate concepts and expressing words in the appropriate order and in a certain tone of voice. "The game of asking questions and getting answers also helps develop turn-taking skills in communication."
Questions change as they grow up
Stating that children change the content of their questions as they grow, Malkoç said, "The 'What' and 'Who' questions in the early days become 'Where, why' in later ages." It becomes even more complex with the questions ', why, when'. The child establishes causal relationships with why questions and because answers. He makes spatial inquiries with 'where' questions by imagining an object that is not in the environment. He begins to understand the concepts of past and future with when questions. Different Type of question games are of great importance for the cognitive and grammatical development of the child in the preschool period. If the child does not make an effort to answer the questions, does not attempt to ask questions, or only asks the same type of questions without differentiation, it is useful to carefully seek expert opinion at this point. "There will be," he said.
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