Home with Brenda

Avoid saying this word when teaching your child a new word!

❌”SAY”

✨When we want our child to say a new word we tell them “Say _____!” in an effort to get them to imitate the word.

✨Telling your child to say something puts pressure on them to talk and may cause them not to talk.
✨Telling a child to “say ___” doesn’t teach the child the meaning of the word or how to use the word. So modeling the word instead will be more effective in the long run.

✨I know it’s difficult to avoid the word “say”! It definitely was for me!

🙅🏻‍♀️INSTEAD OF telling your child “Say car!”
👍🏼Repeat and model the word “car” 3-5 times with pauses in between while playing with a car.

If you want to know what speech and language milestones to look for from ages 0-4, check out my free milestone checklist! Comment “CHECKLIST” and I’ll message you the link!