YouTube star Ms Rachel details her top parenting tips to help kids learn to talk during 'important' stage

Popular children's YouTube star Ms Rachel has shared her top parenting tips to help kids learn to talk early on.

The online sensation, whose real name is Rachel Anne Accurso, 41, launched her now-massively successful channel in 2019, after she said she struggled to find online resources to help son Thomas when he developed a speech delay.

Now, the former preschool teacher - who has a master's degree in music education - has detailed some of the simple things that moms and dads can do early on with their babies to teach them about language.

During an appearance on the Today show with Hoda and Jenna on Tuesday morning, she suggested 'narrating' everything that you're doing to your infant.

'Babies need to hear language,' she explained.

She gave examples like, 'Let's walk to the kitchen,' or, 'I need some coffee,' or, 'We're walking down the street, there's a tree.'

She also told hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager that parents should 'read daily with their little ones.'

But instead of doing it with the youngster on your lap or next to you in bed, she said it's important that they can see your face.

'With [my son] Thomas, I would read to him at lunch because he was in a highchair,' she explained.

'When he's eating [in a highchair] he can see my face. 

'It's wonderful to make reading part of your day and snuggle with your little ones and have them on your lap but it's also great to face them with the book so they can see your mouth moving.'

Lastly, Ms Rachel recommended that parents 'practice gestures' like waving and clapping early on because they're 'so important for speech development.'

Ms Rachel started her YouTube channel Songs for Littles in 2019, and now, the channel, which she runs with her Broadway star husband, Aron Accurso, has since grown into a massive phenomenon.

Her videos consist of her singing a combination of covers and original children's songs that help youngsters with their pronunciation and language skills. 

'[My son's] first word was at two years and eight months and it was "mama" and I had waited for that for so long,' she previously told Today.

'As a parent you want to do anything you can to help them, and it's not our fault when our child has a speech delay. 

'A lot of things I teach are things I wish I had known for my son. 

'I thought, "Wouldn't it be great if there was a show that really encouraged language development and worked on these important milestones and was slow-paced and a real person and very interactive?"'

Before launching her popular channel, which has more than 11.4 million subscribers, she worked as a music teacher at a preschool in New York City. 

According to Social Blade, her catchy tunes have earned her a pretty penny, as the site estimated that she makes up to $15.7 million a year.

The mom-of-one - who recently released her first children's book - previously spoke to People about the difficulties of managing her booming career with parenthood.

'It's been hard to balance everything, which I think a lot of parents feel, but it was really important to me to have all that knowledge and early childhood to being in this field,' she dished.

'I felt that it was crucial for me to have that and I feel more confident. I just feel like I have a lot of tools.

'I've learned to help parents and I think I have a good work-life balance. Sometimes it takes us a while to get things out, but it's important to me to have that.'