how did you increase your kid's vocabulary?

i talked to them from the day they were born just likethey new what i was saying. i think it's very important to talk to them.

I send my daughter to school. Hoping she will learn about everything that she have to - including increasing her vocabulary. She is a smart student. And right now, she can write and read on her own. i also let her read some books. And i answer all her quesries when she don't understand a word or sentence she encountered.

I am not sure but 50 expressive words seems like a normal amount for a kids vocabulary. If she is really concerned she can have the daughter evaluated to see if there is a problem.

My daughter is 19 months old and she is like a little parrot lately. I have always talked to her in full sentences since birth and I try to stay away from baby talk. I tell her what things are all the time and try to sound them out to her in order for her to try to say them back.

I did the kinds of things you mentioned. My ex and I started reading to our son before he was even born. The first gift we bought for him was a book, which we read to him together in the hospital. I think what helped our son - who we knew was going to be an only child - was that we never spoke baby talk to him. When we had him in the car seat, we talked to him, just like one would do if there was an adult in the car. We asked him if he liked the music playing on the radio. We pointed things out along the road. We treated him like any passenger in the car. When we were doing things around the house, we talked to him and told him what we were doing. When he was two, we encouraged him to tell stories and we wrote them down. Boy did he love creating stories, when he knew we were keeping them! We also started labeling things around the house because he was so curious and wanted to read. (He did learn to read by the time he was three too.) Also at three, we encouraged him to use a tape recorder and tape his own voice. He loved that! But I would tell your friend that all kids develop differently. If she's progressing, that's what's important. That, and letting her be a child while she can.

I would also say reading to them, talking with them, making games is always a good way to make things fun for the children while teaching them.

I do not have any children, but I am studying to become an English Instructor, and my suggestion for building a child's vocabulary is word games. Games like Word Bump, Scrabble, and other games of that nature will vastly improve a child's vocabulary. Make learning fun. Make it a game. My mother taught me to spell by making it a game.

I just tell my kids to read plent of stuff. I advice them to read newspapers everyday and story books and whenever they see a new word, I suggest them to underline it. They can see the meaning of the new word in the dictionary. Simultaneously, they should note down the new word in a separate Note book everyday. Thereafter, they should revised the new words after say every one week. This way they will have huge collection of new words and they will get to know many new words.

Sometimes some children are a little slower than others, not to say that they won't catch up soon. What I did with my son when he was two, was to teach him phonics, it was a big help. If they know how to sound out their words the speech will come, this also helps with spelling. At three a little one can spell simple words with the knowledge of knowing phonics. Make it a fun game with her, make colorful cards, and go over the lessons about 1/2 hour each day. Too long will bore them at such a young age. It will come, but the lessons must be persistant.

Fo not allow the child to grunt and point. Ask her to use her words to tell you what she wants. It is good to read to her alot. When I used to drive in the car with my little ones I would constantly sing childrens songs or recite nursery rymes. Always encouraging them to join in. Eventually, I would start one song and then the child start one song and keep taking turns. I would ask them what do you think that house is made of? what do you think that sign is made of. What color is that car? what do you think that grass feels like? what sound do you think that pony makes? As we drove along daily or took walks or just sat on the porch there were always things to engage conversation. If the child has a true speach problem many school districts begin tesing for Early Childhood Programs at age 3. Under Special Services a 3 year old can actually go to school part of the day and reiceve speech theropy.

My daughter could tell you, I torcher her lol... I will use a big word and she will pretend like she knows what I am talking about, then I will say, do you know what that means? She will say no, I explain it to her and then have her repeat it back to me, she is older so now I also have her use the word in a sentence. Like, rescue. Then tell her what it means (sometimes I have to look in the dictionary, cause I am not even sure if I know, the full meaning) then have her repeat it in a sentence, "the girl was rescued by the man". I will ask her to get more creative, like what kind of man, police, fire fighter, doctor. Then it becomes the girl was rescued by the fire fighter... because she is telling a detailed story now she remembers the word and the sentence. For a 3 year old, I would use, blues clue, winnie the pooh and so on. I would start with 2-3 words for hungry, I am famished, I need nutrition mommy. lol it helps. The cookie monsters, needs nutrition so he will have energy to play. When someone has energy they are not tired. It how I would explain it so she can use it.

I read somewhere that to increase the vocabulary of kids, the mother should always talk with them.... this will help the kid to know the words.... and one more thing that i know is....... parent should interact with kid in only one language..... if you are trying to talk with them in many languages then they will confuse more than they learn.

I always talked to them. When we go out we talked about the things we see. and when we got home I always asked them to retell what we went through. I asked them a lot of question. Television actually helps but you should guide them on the channel they are watching. The best for me is Disney playhouse. They can't get enough of that channel.

As a teacher, the number one thing you can do to improve a child's vocabulary is to read to them, this is scientifically proven! Read everything, street signs, books, cereal boxes etc, but read read read and dont baby talk, talk to a child like they are a person, not an adult because we speak differently to each other, but in a respectful appropriate way, but no baby talk. I talk to my 3 year old like a real person and I kid you now, last Halloween, right after she turned 3, she told me she needed her accessories for her Halloween costume! accessories! Read and speak, so important and yet it is not done enough!

I would talk to them, children learn from watching the people around them, if we show them positively how to talk then they will learn themselves. That said id also seek a health advisors opinion just to make sure that it is only a simple case of needing more time rather than there is anything wrong with the child that is causing her to struggle with words.

by letting her read more books she wants and interested to. let her watch tv that will educate your kid. buy her dictionary and encyclopedia. it will really help. my daughter does that.