You cannot hold your excitement when you are child utters words for the first time. From this moment onwards your child is going to learn so many new things. When you listen to the babbling sounds of your child carefully, you will be able to understand that your child is trying to repeat the sounds and utter the words that you have made a short while ago.

Your baby is putting his or her maximum effort to communicate with you. Your job as a parent is to encourage this natural instinct to grow full-fledged.

Following is a guide for how to teach baby to talk:

• Let your baby learn to talk in his or her own way. You should not put much pressure by making your child utter words quickly. This will make him or her disinterested and can even result into stammering.
• Children have a habit of imitating their parents, the words they say and the sounds they make. So, talk to your baby and while you talk look at his eyes and watch his reaction thoroughly. You will see his efforts to imitate the motions of your mouth and watching this will bring tears of joy in your eyes.
• When you talk, make sure that your speech is distinct and slow. Put stress on a couple of words. Emphasizing on these two words, you should move your mouth and tongue distinctly and slowly so that your baby is able to follow you properly.
• Babies are very much interested in the source of the sounds. They love to put their fingers into the mouths of the elders. Open your mouth as wide as possible so that they are able to pick up the sounds and words clearly.
• Talk to your baby joyfully. As you follow their reactions they also follow yours. So, smile while you talk.  He or she must not get the slightest hint that you are trying to teach him or her something. This may arise problems in the task.
• Do not forget to give rewards to your baby for his or her achievements. This acts as a great motivation for them to learn unknown things and to explore new avenues.

These are the tips and guidelines for how to teach your baby to talk. As the months will pass, the time will come for your child to learn how to read. As a parent, then also it will be your responsibility to teach your child to read. After all, parents are a child’s first and best teachers.