Semantic DEVELOPMENT: Strategies for Parents

Labeling and elaborating throughout the day: These types of conversations do not need to happen just during joint book reading, but can also occur when you and your child are in the car together, watching television, or looking at a billboard.
In fact, these types of conversations can happen almost any time. Part of the reason that talking about new words during book reading is a simple and structured way to build your child's vocabulary is that the new words are already included there for you, and storybooks provide helpful visual support so that children can begin to pair words and the object s those words represent.
But while you are out in your neighborhood everyday, you can also find new objects to label and discuss.
In fact, these types of conversations can happen almost any time. Part of the reason that talking about new words during book reading is a simple and structured way to build your child's vocabulary is that the new words are already included there for you, and storybooks provide helpful visual support so that children can begin to pair words and the object s those words represent.
But while you are out in your neighborhood everyday, you can also find new objects to label and discuss.
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