52 c o m m u n i c a t i o n
When your child begins to talk
To help your child communicate with words
A young child does not know enough words
to say everything he wants to say. So he
will often use a sound or word — or several
words — to say many things. Do not tell
your child that he said something wrong.
Instead, help his language grow by filling
in the words he did not say.
Ball.
Big.
Yes. The ball
is big and
round.
Pa...pa
That’s right.
Here comes
Papa.
Wait for your child to ask for something rather than giving it to him first.
The sun is hot.
Tomás seems
thirsty.
Water.
Yes, I’ll
get you
some
water.
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