Do you know what words your child needs to have in his/her vocabulary?
What I have discovered throughout the years as a speech-language pathologist is
that parents are great at teaching children the names of objects. I see many
toddlers that know the names of many animals, toys, body parts and even modes
of transportation. This is great! However, these kids have a difficult time
speaking in phrases. I find that they generally use 1 word to communicate and
seem to resort towards gestures for everything else they need to say. In order
for your child to combine words into phrases he needs to know many other words,
not just nouns. So if you are currently working on increasing your child’s vocabulary
be sure to include the following words in his/her repertoire.
Spatial Terms:
- Up/down
- In/on
- Over/under
- Next to or beside
- On/off
- Between
Descriptive
terms/adjectives:
- Colors (red, blue, green, orange,
purple, white, black, yellow)
- Size (big, small, long, tall, short)
- Shapes (round, circle, rectangle,
square, oval, triangle)
- Feelings (happy, sad, mad, silly,
funny)
- Quality (dirty, clean, loud, quiet,
good, bad, fast, slow, hot, cold)
Action/verbs:
- Sleeping
- Eating
- Jumping
- Running
- Dancing
- Push/pull/turn
- Crying/laughing
- Bathing/washing
- Riding (car, bike, horse)
- Flying
- Looking
- listening
Pronouns:
·
Me, My, I
·
You,
Yours
·
He/she,
his/hers
·
They/theirs
Requests:
·
More
·
Give me
·
Want
Once your child has
learned some of these words, you can combine them with nouns to make short
phrases, such as “blue car”, “big cat”, “doggie sleeping”, “My cookie”.
I hope this list will
be helpful in your journey to improving your child’s speech and language. If
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