1. Reading books.
2. Naming objects with your child.
3. Encourage your child to talk to other children and adults.
4. Give them opportunities to listen. A great example is listening to a recorded story.
5. Dramatic play – eg, dressing up, puppet play, etc.
6. Talk about feelings. This can make it easier for your child to put sad or angry feelings into words as they arise.
7. Encourage your child to draw and talk about what they are doing.
8. Go sightseeing. Your child will be full of questions! It’s also a great way for children to name the things they see.
9. Sing and dance to music. Talk about your movements: shaking, twisting, wobbling, going faster, going slow, stop, go! Talk about the music: is it quiet or loud? Happy, sad, angry music? You get the idea.
10. Sing simple finger play songs together.
I heard Kathy Walker talk last night (education consultant) and she said that research shows the biggest predictor of a child’s success at school were their oral skills. Great tips Sharon!
Hi Planning Queen:) I have to say that encourages me, having three chatterboxes here, lol! It’s interesting to hear that
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this is interesting to me because my oldest talks like she’s 20, and has since before she was 2. but my youngest is very slow verbally, and we are having her evaluated for speech next week. just so crazy how 2 kids raised in the same house, can be so different!
Liz, it amazes me all the time just how different they all are here, too!
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What a handy list of tips
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Thanks, Christie:)
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doesn’t work.
my mom did all that for me and i still can’t read big books its too hard i don’t wanna try anymore im a grown up now but i never read books that don’t squeek or have fuzzy stuff!
Hi, Alison:) Language is so much more than just the ability to read. Language skills also include listening, speaking, writing as well as reading. We all have our strengths and our areas that need developing, and obviously your strength is your writing ability:)
Providing these types of activities for a child aren’t about getting ‘results’, they’re about providing a language rich environment, which means offering the child many opportunities to learn.
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