116 learning to use a spoken language
Understanding groups of words used by others
How to help your child understand groups of words
1. When your child names an
object or person, expand on
what he says.
Stress the group of words you
want your child to learn and
repeat the group several times.
Chicken!
2. Praise your child if he responds
in any way that shows
he understood. If he
does not respond,
Can you find more
chicken eggs? We
repeat the words
several times.
will cook chicken
eggs for dinner.
Leave the
chicken, Manop.
Today we need
chicken eggs.
3. Use these words as much as you can throughout the day.
Encourage the whole family to use them, too.
Mama says
you found 3
chicken eggs
today!
In this example, the parents put
together the name of an object
(eggs) with a word that describes it
(chicken). Using a group of words
in a full sentence can help focus a
child’s attention on the words.
Eggs.
Helping Children Who Are Deaf (2004)