Guest guest Posted June 5, 2002 Report Share Posted June 5, 2002 What we did in order to get our child to ask questions was to slip items that he didn't know into his flash cards (expressive labelling drills). At the table, I had a card with " What is it? " printed in a large font. When he didn't know something, I would point to the word's, " What is it? " as I said it, then he would echo. (In the beginning, we did hand-over-hand to make him run his finger under the words as he echoed.) Then I would say, " it's a snowmobile " or whatever it is. (The problem with this is you run out of items your child doesn't know and you have to look for pictures of oddball items). We then prompted him to ask, " what is it " by having him point to the words. He eventually got it and it has been a helpful skill for him to increase his vocabulary. We did the same thing for teaching " where " . I would have him bring me things that were in front of him, and then ask for something that I had hid under the sofa or in the pantry. We have a problem with him confusing " what " and " who " , if anybody has any suggestions for this, I'd appreciate them. Sincerely, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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