Teach Your Children The Skills Of Conversation
                     Teach Your Children the Skills Of 
Conversation
For some parents, small talk has always been boring, yet they can speak a little better when the 
time comes.
If they find themselves more advanced at polite conversation than their children, then they need to 
support them a bit.
Sometimes children are too straight, for example, they can say to anyone: My dad is also losing his 
hair, and sometimes the children are too shy like mumbling to their hands while meeting someone 
unfamiliar.
Even in writing, they struggle to express their thoughts. For example, while e-mailing their
grandmother they write: 
“Dear granny, I am sorry that your husband has died.” It sounds like the child is deliberately 
insensitive, but he is trying to show that he is ‘grown-up.’ The one who is reading can’t see how 
worried he is. 
School admission in Gurgaon can be very easy if parents choose the school that helps the child in 
coping up with their problems. A good school does not only focus on academics but also works to 
groom a child.
The Pragyanam school is the leading CBSE School in Gurgaon that provides children to improve 
their conversation skills, natural curiosity, potential, and confidence.
In school children have many opportunities to learn conversation skills but what can be done at
home? 
Few things can help a child in teaching conversation skills at home:
Less use of Devices:
We are living in an era where we are more likely to text a message instead of talking directly on a 
phone. The same is happening with children. We hear the sounds of T.V and games more than the 
sounds of a conversation. Before trying anything to teach the art of polite conversation First of all 
try to move children away from devices. Reduce their screen time and spend more time in 
discussion.
Fill the gap between you and your children.
Forming and repetition:
Children learn first words from their surroundings. They listen and then they copy. Young children 
of talkative parents or parents who talk a lot to their young ones start talking earlier and they also 
have larger vocabularies.
The children who live in a different city or country learn their language quickly because they listen 
and try to copy their words and phrases. Children are constantly learning from their environment. 
Sitting with grown-ups and paying attention to their conversation is very important for children. 
Parents should provide opportunities for children to learn from a variety of people. For example:
Let the children be involved in family discussions while having dinner.
Let the children order when going for dinner or lunch and let them have a conversation with the 
waiter.
Let them buy or pay at the shop.
Take them to places where you can introduce themselves to different people. For example, 
religious places or parks, etc.
Encourage them to communicate with children in neighbours or children who play on your street.
Let them be curious:
Encourage children’s natural curiosity in others. Developing interests in others is essential to 
enhance conversation skills. Parents can challenge their children to ask their friends or classmates 
to ask the following questions from them:
Which animal do you have as a pet? Who can play guitar or piano?
Who lives near to school?
Games:
Parents can introduce different games to make them initiate or participate in conversation with 
others:
Pretend play: In this game, a child can pretend himself as any of his favourite characters and 
involve in conversation related to the character. For example, he can play a ‘role of a king’ or a 
‘role of a doctor’ or ‘role of a policeman’ etc.
The ‘question’ game: Parents should teach children to ask open-ended questions because their 
answers cannot be ended with simple ‘yes’ or ‘no.’ For example:
“Why are you wearing joggers?” “What do you want to know?” “Why aren’t you going outside?” 
“Where is Grandpa?”
Make sure that everything needs time. If you are starting to follow any of the above sites to 
improve the conversation skills of your children, then be patient because some children pick up 
quickly and you can see the impact, and some take time. Everyone learns according to their pace.