"in a world where..."- narrating your child's day

Ever hear a movie trailer start out with "in a world where..."?  Well, this narration technique is kind of like that.

When children are learning language, its best learned in a natural context.  That's why your Speech Therapist will send you home with activities so that you can take what's happening in therapy to home and why we work hard to make our therapy room like it's another room at your house.  

But, like I said in my last blog, there's a lot happening in life and maybe you worry you aren't doing enough...

That's where this technique comes in...  Because it's easy.  You may feel silly at first, but it's a super useful technique once you get in the habit.

All you have to do is describe what you are doing or what your child is doing during a particular activity.

Here's an example- dressing your child: this activity could sound like this-

"Let's put CLOTHES ON- here is your shirt - it goes OVER your head and OVER your belly- put your arms THROUGH the sleeves.  Now put your pants on- put your legs IN..." 

This way, your child is exposed to clothing vocabulary and spatial concepts during this every day (or every hour) activity!

So the next few blog posts will be Language Ideas for you in case you feel at a loss for specific language to say during these everyday activities!  Stay tuned!