SPEECH and LANGUAGE
Mrs. Kristine Manguin - Ng, M.A. CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Specialist
Franklin Elementary School
(732) 396-1050 ext. 4114
Articulation Language Fluency Voice
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Parents know that a different approach is needed when talking with
children than when talking with adults. Here are some “talking tips” for
parents to consider:
• Be face to face. When talking to your child, try getting on his or her
level by kneeling or sitting on the floor and exchanging facial
expressions.
• Follow your child’s lead. By engaging in activities that your child is
interested in, you will set up opportunities to build your child’s
attention span and language skills.
• Speak slowly and clearly. Keep your sentences short and simple. As your
child’s language skills grow, you can increase the length.
• Praise your child’s attempts. It is not necessary to correct your
child’s grammar or pronunciation at the early stage.
• Listen patiently. Give your child time to respond. It may take a while
for him or her to organize thoughts and put them into words.
• Keep language fun. Avoid placing too much pressure on your child to
talk. He or she may not want to speak in front of others.
Here are some other strategies to help your child develop language skills:
• Parallel talk: Talk about what your child is doing during a play
scenario. Say things like: “You’re feeding baby. Stir it up. Take a bite,
baby.”
• Self talk: Describe what you are doing or what your child is seeing. Say
things like: “Open box. Oh, blocks! Block out. More block. Blocks go up,
up, up.”
• Modeling: Repeat your child’s message. This allows you to clarify the
message if something wasn’t quite understood. For example, if the child
says, “More tootie,” the adult can respond with, “Oh, you want more
cookie.”
• Expanding: Build on your child’s previous message. By adding another
word, the correct grammar or a new concept, you help expand your child’s
basic message. For example, if the child says, “Uh-oh car,” the adult can
respond with, “Car fell down. Let’s pick it up.”
• Describing: Add language by using action words, description words and
concepts. Focus on what the child sees. For example, if the child brings
the parent a jar of bubbles, the adult can say, “You want bubbles. Let’s
open. Blow bubbles. Oh, big bubble! Pop, pop, pop!”
• Communicative Temptations: Give your child a reason to communicate.
Rather than anticipating the child’s needs ahead of time, provide him or
her with an opportunity to communicate via pointing, gesturing or
speaking. For example, if the child wants crackers in a closed plastic
container, the parent gives the child one cracker, then reseals the
container. Then the parent waits for the child to indicate that he or she
wants another cracker by signing or saying “more” before getting another
cracker.
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Class Announcements and Reminders[Image:82806_32052_1.png]
Home practice is very important for a successful speech/language program.
Homework may not be assigned every session depending on what a student is
practicing at the time. Although most of the assignments will only take
approximately five to ten minutes to complete, your child should review
the assignment each day for daily practice. I also require that a parent
or appropriate speech helper sign all homework assignments.
Mrs. Kristine Manguin, M.A.,CCC-SLP
Speech -language pathologist
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