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How to help your child say things in different ways
Just as your child learns to listen and watch for the different ways things
are said, he needs to learn to speak in different ways.
• Play games that encourage your child to speak
with feeling.
Boom! All
fall down!
Boom! Fall
down!
• Encourage your child to sing. This will help his voice go up and
down, and help change the rhythm of his speech.
...the little chicks say cheep,
cheep, cheep...
Helping Children Who Are Deaf (2004)