How to Teach Baby to Talk: My Top Nursery Rhymes

How to Teach Baby to Talk: My Top Nursery Rhymes

I love to sing, though I wasn’t gifted with a golden voice haha. It’s my “Nanay” (mother) who used to be a singer during her younger years before she met my father.

As far as I can remember, I grew up listening to my Nanay’s rendition of “Kundiman” and her funny song compositions.

I won’t forget how she would wake me and my little sister to her upbeat songs and put us to sleep through her sweet lullabies.

Listening to her filled my colorful and sometimes mischievous imagination.

Yes, singing has been a part of me and as a mom myself, I was also able to apply Nanay’s singing antics.

Once you become a mom, you will discover things about yourself you didn’t know existed.

Ha, I never knew that I could devise my songs for my children effortlessly!

TEACHING MY ELDEST CHILD TO TALK

I’ve used this singing technique for my first-born son to encourage him to talk at an early age. It did work! He was like a chatterbox when he was little.

Here’s an old video of me asking random questions to my then 4-year-old son and watch how he answered those with gusto.

(Pardon the low video quality and sound. It’s somewhat outdated.)

My Kuya Mark at 4 years old

TEACHING MY BABY TO TALK

Now it’s my 21-month-old baby’s turn to learn and again, singing is such an effective way aside from talking to her, telling her stories, and reading.

It’s also a great bonding time for us to laugh, giggle, and simply have fun.

I usually start the day singing when I wake her up. Then I allot a time every mid-morning to let her watch educational music videos so she can sing and dance at the same time.

Any time of the day is spent singing – when I bathe her, carry her, play with her, count with her, put her to bed, or whenever I feel like it.

She’s a cheerful and playful baby, no doubt. Her speaking progress has been better these past few days.

At her age, I’m quite impressed that she can sing her version of “Baby, Baby” or “Mama, Mama” to the tune of “Bahay Kubo” with sheer clarity.

She can also imitate words and actions and can follow simple instructions like, “Baby please give this to Kuya” or “Please put this on the table.

Lately, she’s become a little chatty and would tell me long but still unintelligible sounds.

So for my documentation and tracking purposes, I listed down some of her favorite words recently.

How I Teach My Baby to Talk: My Top Nursery Rhymes

Oh! I can’t wait to add some more words 🙂

OUR FAVORITE NURSERY RHYMES

Here are some of my chosen nursery rhymes that I play every morning (both in Filipino and English since I teach her both languages). My baby enjoys these so much.

Bahay Kubo (Nipa Hut)

Tatlong Bibe (Three Little Ducklings)

Ako ay May Lobo (I have a Balloon)

Paa, Tuhod, Balikat, Ulo (My Toes, My Knees, My Shoulders, My Head)

Sampung mga Daliri (Ten Fingers)

The Wheels on the Bus

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

OUR FAVORITE FREE APPS FROM THE PLAY STORE

Here, my hubby downloaded these free apps from the Play Store.

BABYPHONE

This is an educational musical baby game for children and toddlers. Great fun for Families. Plays Nursery Rhymes, Lullabies, Songs, and lots of Sound Effects that your kid will love playing. All content is free.

FIRST WORDS FOR BABY How to Teach Baby to Talk. Learning through singing. Find out some effectictive techniques and nursery rhymes to teach your baby to speak. This app is great for teaching new words to your babies, toddlers, and kids! Baby flashcards will help them to learn everyday objects. It includes more than 120 carefully selected words.