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• Target words that combine one vowel with one consonant. Use these words repeatedly in functional activities at first and then transition to being able to do drill work. • Start with a few words and gradually increase number of sounds used and vary their placement (before or after vowel).
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Words like ‘first’, ‘next’, ‘later’, ‘yesterday’, ‘tomorrow’ are used to talk about when things happen, but they are often hard for children to understand at first. You can help by modelling how to use these words correctly yourself – for example, ‘Remember yesterday when we went to the park?’.
Play and chat with your child often to help them learn new words. Use gesture or actions to teach new words. This can give children an extra clue about the word’s meaning. For example, if you are talking about a ‘huge’ elephant you could stretch your arms really wide. Share books.
We use our tongue, lips, teeth, and other parts of our mouth to create different speech sounds. Speech sounds are not the same as letters. For example, the word ‘sheep’ has five letters, but only three sounds: ‘sh’ ‘ee’ ‘p’. When do children learn different speech sounds?
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound that makes up a word. For example, the word 'bat' is made up of three small sounds or phonemes. They are b-a-t. Phonemes are the building blocks of...
Jan 15, 2022 · Emphasize the most important words in your sentences. The best way to do this is to play with your child and emphasize new words that are based on the current activity and their interests. You can do this by using actions and changing your tone of voice to make these new words stand out.
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