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From My Lips to Yours

A Parent's Guide to Modeling Language

By Mindy Hudon, M.S., CC-SLP

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: This is when you talk about everything your child is doing while he/she is doing it. For example, your child is playing with a doll. You say, "You have a little doll. Oh, you are feeding the doll. I like the way you are rocking the doll."

  • Expanding an utterance: This refers to adding words to your child's sentences. By expanding your child's sentences you are modeling advanced grammar and expanding vocabulary. For example, your child says, "See the train." You expand this sentence by saying, "Yes, I see the big, black train driving on the tracks."

    • Modeling is also effective to encourage speech-sound development. In most cases, as your child develops speech sounds, you may hear your child substitute or omit sounds in words. This is part of normal speech development. You can help your child enhance his or her pronunciation by saying the word while exaggerating the sound. For example, your child says, "doddie" for "doggie," exaggerate the "g" in the middle of the word: "DoGGie!" If they omit a final sound in a word, "ca" for "cat," then exaggerate the final "t": "caT." Remember, you are not requesting that your child repeat it, you're just providing a correct model of the sound.

    If you consistently use good speech and language modeling, chances are you will soon hear your child improve and use more "adult-like" sentences. But be patient. Rome wasn't built in a day!

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