Over the past week I have been reminded that this strategy benefits all children no matter what level their language skills are at.
I bet you can guess what this one loves…
Let the child lead play
Allow your child to lead
shows that you are interested
allows us to enter the child’s world
makes it more likely the child will stay with the activity
Makes the interaction more relaxed and enjoyable
Makes our language relevant and motivating
We need to join them
on their level
including what they are doing (exploring, banging, spinning, dropping, etc)
without imposing the “correct way” to play with an item
So Pause and Observe what your child is interested in…. And join them in their areas of interest …………and remember to come with no plan or agenda
by Sarah Winstanley, SaLT
Communication Lincs Ltd. ……..because Speech Therapy Matters