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Here are some more ideas for encouraging your child
to use groups of words:
• Ask your child about what
she is doing.
That smells good!
What is in the pot?
• When your child has a problem,
ask him to tell you how to solve it.
Heavy.
The basket is
too heavy? What
should we do?
• Ask your child to deliver a
simple message.
Tell Papa,
‘come eat’.
• Try telling stories together. When
your child has heard and seen a
story many times, she may be
able to tell part of it herself.
...and then the
farmer —
— fell in
the river!
Helping Children Who Are Deaf (2004)