Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 131 Location: I'm a Yettie!
Getting Child to Talk! Posted: 02-16-07 11:12am
Hello all
i was curious, if anyone had any
suggestions for encouraging a child to
talk? My nephew is quiet stubborn..
Will be 2 in july. His name is landen--
he's so much fun! He'll say a word here,
and there. And he had tubes put in his
ears about 2 months ago.
He just started going to a little class-
with about 5-6 other toddlers from his age
to about 4. This is helping- but I was
wondering if there's anything I can do
when I am babysitting him?
Thanks for any info!
-=red=-
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Spirit
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Canada
Posted: 02-16-07 15:17pm
My advice is to interact with him as much
as possible..........Don't use the t.V.
As a substitute
babysitter..................That
is.........If your gonna sit down and
watch his program with him ask him
questions ......."what's
that?"..............."what's he/she
doing?"..........If he doesn't
answer...........Answer yourself in an
animated voice...........Keep the language
simple and to the
point...................And listen, don't
overtalk him and give him a chance to
respond..................Often with first
children(?) we parents and relatives are
not intune with what the child is
saying..............Often they are talking
and replying to us..............But coz
we're not used to it .........It sounds
like gibberish................I look back
now at old family movies and can hear
clearly that my kids were talking when I
thought they were just "whining"
etc..............Find out what the little
guy likes and build on
that.......................And whatever he
says whether understandable or
not.............Repeat it................A
form of communication.................You
repeat what he says and he may soon repeat
what you say....................Good luck
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