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Click on the advice sheet below for further ideas on how to support your child talking

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                                                                            Expressive Language

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                                                                            Expressive Language

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Speech and language skills do not just evolve on their own. They are part of a bigger picture involving social interaction, play, observation, listening and attending. All these factors are working together and often, without one, it is difficult to develop another. please click on the info sheetfor some ideas and activities and remember, always praise your child for making any attempts at communication.

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               Top tips to encourage talking

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               Top tips to encourage talking

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                 Activities to encourage talking

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                 Activities to encourage talking

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                                                   Choices

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                                                   Choices

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Giving your child choices is an important way of helping children start developing their talking ability.

When you give choice questions, e.g. “Do you want juice or milk” you are providing target words for your child to copy. We are also giving them a bit more control.

If you were to say “What do you want to drink?” then this is more difficult as your child has to do more processing and retrieve the words from memory.

If you were to say “Do you want Juice? ” they can answer by nodding or shaking their head or just saying “yes” or “ no” and not have to say anything more.

If they say “no” they may actually prefer milk but are unable to express this so may become upset or frustrated.

Choices also encourage understanding when you offer choices verbally and show the items, for example when learning colours it may be helpful for you to say “Do you want the blue top or the red top” and show the clothes to reinforce. their understanding.

Giving too many choices may be confusing so start by giving two choices at a time and after some time increase the choices.

You can use choices throughout the day, for example;

"Would you like juice or milk”

”Do you want it in the blg cup or the little cup?”

“Are you going to sit in this chair or that chair”?

“ Its time to play, do you want the puzzle or the Lego”