{"id":3646,"date":"2013-04-19T02:35:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T02:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2023-11-08T10:23:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:23:49","slug":"language-expansion-techniques-for-parents-to-use-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/speech-therapy-techniques\/language-expansion-techniques-for-parents-to-use-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Expansion Techniques for Parents to Use At Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Parents are the best teachers of language.<\/a> They have the most opportunities to impact a child\u2019s language development. At-home speech therapy<\/a> should include several important language expansion techniques<\/a> that parents and other communication partners should use. While it might feel or sound silly, communication partners should talk aloud to young children, nearly narrating events and actions, even though the child might not respond.\u00a0 Some tips and techniques include:<\/p>\n

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Self Talk <\/strong><\/p>\n

Self talk is a technique where a communication partner should describe, in a narrative fashion, their actions or the things they see, feel and experience. For example, \u201cI am pushing the train, choo choo\u201d or \u201cI see a big blue car, he car is driving fast\u201d or \u201cYou need to get dressed, first I\u2019ll get a shirt, then we need to find some pants.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parallel talk <\/strong><\/p>\n

Parallel talk involves describing the actions of the child while they are playing or otherwise carrying on. Again, it might sound silly because you are at times talking without expecting to carry on a conversation, but it\u2019s important to map language concepts onto the child\u2019s action so they can learn the meaning of those words. For example, \u201cyou are pushing the train<\/a>, wow you are pushing it fast\u201d or \u201cyou are so happy, I can see you smiling.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source: preschooler.thebump.com<\/p><\/div>\n

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Expansion <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Language expansion is a way of re-wording a child\u2019s utterance, which may be incomplete or short, into a complete sentence. For example, if the child says \u201cbaby cryin\u201d you might say use language expansion to say, \u201cA baby is crying.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Scaffolding <\/strong><\/p>\n

Scaffolding is a bit similar to the above. Adults always want to challenge and teach the child by adding a bit more information. That is how children learn. Think of the phrase you heard a child say, and try to \u201cone up\u201d them by expanding the utterance ever so slightly. You can do this by adding a descriptor or verb, for example. If the child says,\u00a0 \u201ctruck\u201d an adult could use expansion to say \u201cbig truck,\u201d or \u201cthat\u2019s a fast truck.\u201d Children need models of new words so try to add a new word to their original sentence.<\/p>\n

Where and When to use Language Expansion <\/strong><\/p>\n

There are many opportunities to use language throughout the day<\/a>. While riding in the car, use self talk to describe things out the window, what you might see or what people are doing. At the dinner table, expand a child\u2019s utterances or use scaffolding to a add more vocabulary (e.g., \u201chot<\/em> noodles\u201d). During book reading, encourage the child to point to and describe pictures on the pages and use expansion and scaffolding to expand\u00a0 utterances. And finally, during play with your child<\/a>, use parallel talk while the child is pretending, stacking blocks, blowing bubbles or racing cars. You need not do it every minute of the day but to keep it in might often.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \"Free<\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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