Helping develop your child's speech through play.
We're always told not to compare children. They're all different and all do things in their own way, in their own time. In fact, a favourite quote of mine is,
However, even knowing and understanding all of this, when my son did not start to communicate verbally in a similar way to how his older sister had, I admit that I felt quite concerned.
I'd done everything the same. He'd been read to since birth (a lot), talked to and chatted with constantly.
We made sounds, did rhymes, sung songs and played together.
But, unlike his sister, he did not choose to naturally communicate verbally and would refuse to mimic sounds or try new words.
His non-verbal communication was spot on and he was always able to get across what he wanted (which was encouraging) but oral language was not something that came easily to him.
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We're always told not to compare children. They're all different and all do things in their own way, in their own time. In fact, a favourite quote of mine is,
"Not all children are ready to learn the same thing at the same time in the same way."
- Kathy Walker
I'd done everything the same. He'd been read to since birth (a lot), talked to and chatted with constantly.
We made sounds, did rhymes, sung songs and played together.
But, unlike his sister, he did not choose to naturally communicate verbally and would refuse to mimic sounds or try new words.
His non-verbal communication was spot on and he was always able to get across what he wanted (which was encouraging) but oral language was not something that came easily to him.