Speech and Language Strategies for Parents
-Read to your child or have your child read to you on a daily basis. Talk about what you read. Ask various questions that relate to the story such as yes/ no questions and WH questions ( who, what, where, why, etc).
-Have your child relate a story to you from pictures
-Talk to your child about what he/she is seeing/ doing and about what is happening around him/her.
-Describe things to your child. Name colors, shapes, sizes, parts, functions, locations, categories, and compositions. Tell how things are the same as each other and how they are different from each other.
-Explain how words can have more than one meaning.
-Correct your child’s sentences/words by rephrasing or restating and asking him/her to imitate.
-Spend time daily talking with and listening to your child with NO distractions.
-When watching T.V. with your child, ask him/her questions about the plot during and after the show to improve your child’s comprehension and reasoning skills.
-Help your child develop good decision making skills by giving him/her choices about what clothes to wear, snacks to eat, shows to watch, stories to read, etc.
-Provide your child with many different experiences such as going to a restaurant, the library, a zoo, a museum, community events, sporting events, etc.
-Ask your child about family activities before, during, and after they take place to improve sequencing and memory skills.
-Play card matching-games with your child to improve memory and concentration skills.
-Read to your child or have your child read to you on a daily basis. Talk about what you read. Ask various questions that relate to the story such as yes/ no questions and WH questions ( who, what, where, why, etc).
-Have your child relate a story to you from pictures
-Talk to your child about what he/she is seeing/ doing and about what is happening around him/her.
-Describe things to your child. Name colors, shapes, sizes, parts, functions, locations, categories, and compositions. Tell how things are the same as each other and how they are different from each other.
-Explain how words can have more than one meaning.
-Correct your child’s sentences/words by rephrasing or restating and asking him/her to imitate.
-Spend time daily talking with and listening to your child with NO distractions.
-When watching T.V. with your child, ask him/her questions about the plot during and after the show to improve your child’s comprehension and reasoning skills.
-Help your child develop good decision making skills by giving him/her choices about what clothes to wear, snacks to eat, shows to watch, stories to read, etc.
-Provide your child with many different experiences such as going to a restaurant, the library, a zoo, a museum, community events, sporting events, etc.
-Ask your child about family activities before, during, and after they take place to improve sequencing and memory skills.
-Play card matching-games with your child to improve memory and concentration skills.