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​Treat children’s early attempts at talking

​1. Treat children as ​seriously, even if it’s babbling

​conversational partners ​Parents’ tones needs to be interested and


​supportive

​Use positive statements rather than


​prohibitions
​2. Positive reinforcement
​“I like how you’re sitting quietly” instead of
​“sit down and don’t talk”

​3. Continue topics introduced by ​Best place to start conversation is from the
​child’s interest - where they’re looking or
​child ​what they’re trying to show you

​4. Never laugh at attempts to ​Laugh with the child, not at the child, even
​communicate ​if you think it’s cute.

​Recast the child’s utterances, focus on what


​5. Do not correct ​they’re trying to say, not how they’re saying
​it

​Expand on what they’re saying to expand


​vocabulary and syntax
​6. Expand on child’s utterances
​“Ball” can be responded by “oh! Do you see
​Promoting language ​the ball? What a pretty blue ball. Can you
​throw me the ball?”
​development
​Balance your own talking with listening, a
​7. Give the child a chance to talk ​patient attitude encourages children to take
​their turn

​Ask “what did you have for dinner?” Or


​8. Ask open-ended questions ​“what did you like the most from your
​dinner” instead of “Did you have dinner?”

​9. Provide scaffolding for child’s ​Co-construct stories with children, and then
​stories ​tell them together repeatedly

​If watching TV, watch it together and


​10. Use books and media ​interact with questions
​interactively
​Same with books, try to talk back and forth

​Children learn best through play


​11. Teach through play
​When you want to be more ‘teacherly’, do it
​in small doses

​Singing and finger-play are helpful, dances


​are fun and instructive
​12. Use movement with speech
​Incorporate repetition and refrains

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