Fantastic Four: #1
I had a blast last night sharing with the Sarasota MOPS group! They were a lively bunch, full of questions and laughter. There were two mommies, in particular, who were very knowledgeable. They offered great additional suggestions to the group about how to enrich your child’s speech and language development! Thank you ladies!
I decided to share my Fantastic Four with the ladies last night. These are simple, everyday, but powerful ways to give a ‘boost’ to those emerging communication skills. Let’s get started today with number one:
Drum roll please….aaaww, you guys know what it is…Talk with your child! Yes, I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it. Talk to and with your baby about everything. Become their narrator and communication partner.
In a book by Drs. Hart and Risely called Meaningful Differences, they share the results of a study about why some children do better in school than others. I think that’s a good question to ask, don’t you? And you know what they found out? There was one variable that was highly correlated to or connected with children who were doing better academically in school. And that variable was the amount of talking the children heard during their first three years of their lives.
Academic success wasn’t correlated with the parents’ educational level or socioeconomic status, it was related to the volume of words the child heard in the formative period of 0 - 3 years!
I’ve talked about this before, but it is worth repeating. This is a simple, natural thing you already do with your child, but now you know to do it more and with intention!
Tomorrow we will talk about #2 of my Fantastic Four! See you then…
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