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Let’s Talk About Clothes
Amy C. Tyner, M.A. CCC-SLP, Senior Speech-Language Pathologist
Helping Your Child Learn About Clothing Words
Winter in Florida is a time of changing weather. It is a good time to talk with children about the clothes that we wear depending on the weather. You can help your child’s vocabulary by talking all about clothes with him or her. Remember that children learn language best just by listening so any time that you talk with your child you are helping him or her to learn new words and concepts. You don’t need to be a teacher to teach speech and language! Here are some specific things you can focus on when you talk about clothes:
Let’s Talk About Colors
Amy C. Tyner, M.A. CCC-SLP, Senior Speech-Language Pathologist
Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center
Helping Your Child Learn About Colors
Colors are all around us. Learning the names of the colors is an important preschool skill. It is easy to help children learn to understand and use color words. Remember that children learn language best just by listening so any time that you talk with your child you are helping him or her to learn new words and concepts. You don’t need to be a teacher to teach speech and language! Here are some specific ways you can focus on color words easily:
Let’s Talk About Spring
Amy C. Tyner, M.A. CCC-SLP, Senior Speech-Language Pathologist
Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center
Helping Your Child Learn About Spring
Spring is an exciting time with blooming flowers, baby animals, and changing weather. You can help your child learn about things that we hear, see, and do in the springtime.
Remember that children learn language best just by listening so any time that you talk with your child you are helping him or her to learn new words and concepts. You don’t need to be a teacher to teach speech and language! Here are some specific ways you can focus on the language of spring:
Let’s Talk About Shapes
Amy C. Tyner, M.A., CCC-SLP, Senior Speech-Language Pathologist
Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center
Helping Your Child Learn About Shapes
Shapes are all around us. Learning the names of the shapes is an important preschool skill. It is easy to help children learn to understand and use the names of the shapes. Remember that children learn language best just by listening so any time that you talk with your child you are helping him or her to learn new words and concepts. You don’t need to be a teacher to teach speech and language! Here are some specific ways you can focus on shapes easily:
Turn Taking is Important for Good Communication
Amy Tyner, M.A., CCC-SLP, Senior Speech-Language Pathologist
Good communication and good social skills go hand in hand. Children learn language so that they can be social with others. An important part of good social communication is turn taking. Conversations happen when we take turns talking and then listening. You can help your child learn about turn taking to improve his or her communication skills.
Emphasize Turn Taking During Play and Work on Turn Taking in Conversations
Don’t Take A Vacation from Good Speech and Language!
Amy Tyner, M.A., CCC-SLP, Senior Speech-Language Pathologist
Just because you may be spending time relaxing on vacation with your child during the summer, doesn’t mean he or she isn’t learning new words. Summer can be a great time to work on your child’s speech and language skills. Working parents may have vacation time to spend with their children and family vacation time can mean lots of new places and things to see. Remember to talk to your child in the car, on the plane or at the beach. Children learn a lot from listening. Here are some examples of things you can do during your summer vacation to help your child develop his or her speech and language skills:
Use water and weather words.
Teach peoples names and relative words.
Talk about the birthday of our country!
Let’s Talk About Animals
Amy C. Tyner, M.A. CCC-SLP, Senior Speech-Language Pathologist
Helping Your Child Learn About Animals
Most children love animals. We see lots of animals around us and on tv-both real and pretend. You can help your child learn all about animals and the sounds they make. Remember that children learn language best just by listening so any time that you talk with your child you are helping him or her to learn new words and concepts. You don’t need to be a teacher to teach speech and language! Here are some specific things you can focus on when you talk about animals: