My daughter is 18 months and her words are vary little the only words she says clearly is ma-ma and da-da. I have a son whom is three and he to was slow to speech but now he speaks as clear as me and his vocabulary can sometimes be better than me.lol is thee anything I can do to help her in developing more words, besides reading to her and talking to her? Thanks
Singing and rhymes have been a fun way for my daughter to expand her vocabulary. I still do that with her except now its just more complex poetry or songs. Definitely wouldn't worry. They all go at their own pace.
Keep on reading and talking to her as much as possible! Singing to children's music is also a great way to teach new words to children, as sometimes they are more likely to pay attention to a catchy tune and its words. Take her to social/educational programs such as those at your public library and Mommy & Me type activities where she will be in social situations and hear adults and other children speaking, too. Good luck!
Pretty much what you are doing. I always talked to my kids like they were little people and didn't use a lot of baby talk. Make a point of pointing lots of things out to her and tell her the words. The also have the Preschool Prep DVDs that go over sight words and letters. I found those to be useful as well.
You are doing exactly the best things right now. Talking to her as you do things. Point at things, ask her to find things in a picture book. Make words rhyme.
Sign language is also a great way to help her communicate while she is working on forming actual words.
My son had no real words until he was about 20 months and then BAM, by 22 months he was speaking full sentences. My brother didn't speak until he was 3 (because I spoke for him...LOL). They all vary so much!
Don't stress! She's not even two! Keep talking and asking her questions that she must answer.
I've seen kindergarten and first graders who really don't talk that well. Give her a little time.
My dd was slow to talk and by the time she started school was speaking clear, loud and a total chatterbox. Now has a wonderful vocabulary at the age of 9.
..simple, tell the child if you can tell me what this is, you can have it,
example..
'"what is this?is this a train? can you say,"train"?
"train!"
"very good!would you like a train ?"
"yes!"
"here you go, one train!"
we are up to our chinstraps in toys from goodwill, but she has a very big vocabulary for a two year old
K. h.
