10 Songs That Promote Language Development

Animal sounds are often some of the easiest words to imitate making this a great song to help get your child talking! 

This song is great for teaching sequencing and auditory comprehension not to mention vocabulary! Pause the song and ask your child questions like "What do you do next?".

This song is great for teaching imitation of gross motor skills and following directions. Have your child take the lead and choose the next action! 

This song is great for teaching body parts, following directions, and sequencing! It requires your child to imitate gross motor actions and the repetitive nature of the song helps develop your child's memory. 

This is a great song for teaching imitation of gestures and rhyming. Once your child is familiar with the song, try pausing at the end of each phrase and have them fill in the word.

Another great song to teach imitation of gestures and important vocabulary words like "up" "down" and "out"! 

This is a great song for teaching your child about counting! Pause the song and ask your child questions like "Where did the little ducks go?".

This is another great song full of fun and easy to imitate animal sounds! 

This version of this song helps build coordination skills and vocabulary. You can create your own words or introduce different animals instead of following the rhyme as it is. You can make it more complex as they get older and they can learn the names of other animals and the noises they make. 

This is another song that is great for teaching imitation which is a crucial skill for speech and language development. Not only are the gestures fun to imitate, but the sounds are too!