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Dear teacher, what would you recommend for a boy who is about three and a half years old and can say only five or six words? He understands some words, such as “sit down” and “eat,” but does not say them. He is currently seeing a speech therapist.
To help a three-and-a-half-year-old child start speaking, gentle massage from the crown of the head to the fingertips is recommended, along with washing the head and neck with marshmallow-flower infusion after bathing. Other suggestions include using natural fragrances such as musk, esfand and frankincense; stimulating the sense of smell with garlic; applying violet oil to the nose; and reciting Quranic verses and the call to prayer.
Gentle massage from the crown of the head to the tips of the fingers.
After bathing, gently massage and wash the head, neck and spine with an extract of marshmallow-flower gel.
Avoid spraying perfume or similar fragrances around the child.
Use musk perfume; the next day, use a floral fragrance, and use rue fragrance with frankincense (by burning it) on the child’s clothing. Apply it very lightly around the child’s nose, and repeat this practice.
Stimulate the child’s sense of smell with the scent of garlic several times a day.
Apply violet oil to the child’s belly button.
Use rosewater.
Throughout, keep God in remembrance and invoke His name.
Recite Sūrat al-Muʾminūn, Sūrat al-Naml, Sūrat Fuṣṣilat and Sūrat al-Najm, along with the following verses:
قال رب اشرح لى صدرى(25)
و یسر لى أمرى(26)
و احلل عقده من لسانى(27)
یفقهوا قولى(28)
Recite them in a clear, calm and measured voice, loud enough to draw the child’s attention.
Also recite the adhān and iqāmah beside the child, sometimes softly into the child’s ear and sometimes aloud from a distance.