Many babies and toddlers are struggling to keep pace physically, verbally and socially as a result of pandemic setbacks. Learn how to help encourage progress and foster their development.
As it becomes a little safer to navigate the world, you can work to gradually expose infants, toddlers and young children to new environments in small doses. It may not be feasible to immediately enroll your children in a daycare center with 10 new children and walk away on the first day, but youease into this type of transition. Set up a private meeting for your child with a new teacher, and schedule playdates with new friends.
Occasionally, kids who are unable to say words correctly will shut down or attempt to use pointing and gesturing to get their point across. It’s important to identify what types of behavior your child is using to help them work toward better, clearer communication.If your toddler is mispronouncing a word and you don’t understand what they’re saying, look for contextual clues. For example, “ana” could be “banana” if there’s a banana on the table.
Use clapping or stomping to help break the word apart into smaller pieces that are easier to say. The key here is to help your child break down the word into “new” words, so start from the end of the word and make your way forward. So, “elephant” would be “phant”, “el” and, finally, “el-eh-phant”. For another multi-sensory approach to learning longer words, make little balls of Play-Doh that correspond to the syllables in a word and smash them as you say each syllable.
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