Our Mr 2.5 has finally taken a giant leap with his speech.
He is a sponge ready to soak up, repeat and remember every word he sees and everything he experiences.
It’s an exciting time in his development and I want to do everything I can to expose him to a language-rich world and encourage him to increase his vocabulary on a daily basis.
But how do you do it? Here are my top teacher tips!
5 easy ways to increase your toddler’s vocabulary
- Don’t shy away from ‘big’ words! It can be so easy to think, “my child won’t know how to say python, so I’ll just say snake” but children can absorb more than you think. Even if they don’t say it correctly just yet, it will come in time and they will already have the word knowledge to back it up. So don’t shy away from long or ‘big’ words. If they ask you what you’re doing and … Read the rest