How YOU can help your child’s speech and language grow
(2 - 3 years):

• listen when your child talks to you
  
• describe what you are doing, planning, and thinking
  
• have a conversation with your child, especially during quiet time together
  
• be a good speech model - use correct words and phrases without correcting your child directly
  
• add words and ideas to what your child says - if your child says "red truck", you say "a big red truck"
  
• ask a few simple questions, but not too many
  
• play rhyming games with your child ("what word sounds like bat?")
  
• read books every day

Adapted with permission from material developed by First Words Preschool Speech and Language Program of Ottawa-Carleton led by Pinecrest-Queensway Health and Community Services.

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