PROMOTING LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN TODDLERS



PROMOTING LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN TODDLERS

Adults teach language to children through various means. Infant-directed speech (also called “parentese or motherese”) is often used by parents and other adults when they talk to babies. It has higher than normal pitch and involves the use of simple words and sentences.

What are some ways to promote language development in a young child? Here are some easy ways that you may have already used, and didn’t realize you were promoting development!

1. Recasting involves rephrasing something the child has said in a different way, perhaps by turning it into a question.

The child says: “Doggie eating supper.”

Recasting:

2. Echoing involves repeating what the child says, especially if it is an incomplete phrase or sentence.

The child says: “Me eat now.”

Echoing:

3. Expanding is stating, in a grammatically correct form, what a child has said.

The child says: “Tim runned out on street.”

Expanding:

4. Labeling is identifying the names of objects.

Child points to a rabbit and says “What that?”

Parents should talk extensively with an infant, especially about what the baby is doing or interested in. Be sure to use simple, but correct words and grammar and ask questions to promote the child’s explorations.

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