Jennifer Tarle's Blog, page 110
December 7, 2016
How to Pronounce MUSCLE and MUSSEL
Learn how to pronounce the English words MUSCLE and MUSSEL correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson.
How to Pronounce BUTT and BUT
Learn how to pronounce the English words BUTT and BUT correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson.
How to Pronounce WAR, WORE, and WHORE
Learn how to pronounce the English words WAR, WORE, and WHORE correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson.
How to Pronounce KISS and KEYS
Learn how to pronounce the English words KISS and KEYS correctly with this American English pronunciation lesson. Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech will guide you through this quick lesson.
December 3, 2016
Help your child talk: Use sabotage
This is one of my favorite strategies to get children to talk. Sabotage sets up the need for a request. Here is a scenario from a parent/child interaction that I witnessed:
Child: “Bubbles”
Parent: “Here you go” (takes the lid off and starts blowing)
Child: (quietly pops bubbles)
I explained sabotage to Mom and here is what she did:
Child: “Bubbles”
Parent: “Here you go” (gives the container, lid intact, to the child)
Child: Looks at Mom then hands her the bottle and says “open”
Parent: Mom opens the bottle.
Child: Tries to blow bubbles. After about 5 minutes of trying, she gives up and says to Mom: “Bubbles”.
Parent: “Blow bubbles?”
Child: “Blow”
With a little patience and “sabotage” the interaction was longer, the child initiated more, and used more words to get her needs met.
What’s the point?
Who’s in the know to a preschooler? The person doing the pointing.
New research shows that pointing at items helps children know what is important.
December 2, 2016
Pronunciation difference between KNEW and NEW?
What is the difference between the pronunciation of KNEW and NEW?
Nothing, these words are all pronounced the same way: N-long EW.
Knew is the past tense of to know.
New means not existing before.
December 1, 2016
How to say Months
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November 30, 2016
Communication without TALKING
Children communicate in a variety of ways. We all hope that our child will talk. When this doesn’t happen then we look at how he can get his point across. Here are some ways that he may tell you something. Let’s use playing with bubbles to explore these non-verbal means of communication.
Physical manipulation:
Your child will manipulate your body to make a request.
He may take your hand on put it on the bubbles to ask you to blow some.
Giving:
The children will hand you an object.
Your child may hand you the bottle of bubbles to ask you to open it.
Pointing:
The child will point to a desired item that is out of reach.
If the bubbles are on the shelf, then the child might point to them to ask to play.
Gaze shift
The child will look at a desired item.
The child may look at the bubbles after looking at you. Aksing you to blow some.
Facial expression
The child will change their facial expression to happiness or sadness
This will clue you into a yes or no response when you ask, “Do you want bubbles?”
As you can see, your child is telling you a lot. Watch and interpret his expression. Have fun and watch the communication expand!
Melissa & Doug Magnetic Fishing Game
I love “old school”, quiet toys. Melissa and Doug always deliver in the “old school” department!
This brightly colored, ocean scene draws kids in. They can’t wait to get their hands on the puzzle. Then the kids learn that there is a fishing rod. Look out!
This puzzle is easy for most children. Catching a fish isn’t too difficult. The puzzle is interactive and invites conversation. It is a great way to work on describing words (big, red, squid), to learn new vocabulary (turtle, stingray, sea horse), and verbs (I caught a fish!, She has the turtle.)
