Keep practicing this with one action card until he can do that one consistently. At this point we just want to get the verb. Add the “-ing” on the end of the word to make it grammatically correct, but if your child just says the verb part (“jump” instead of “jumping”), that’s ok, too. Show your child one of the pictures and say “what is she doing?” If your child doesn’t answer correctly, model the correct verb and have him repeat it. You can use the pictures in the Speech and Language Therapy Guide, or the action cards available in the store, or make your own. The next type of “what” question you can work on answering with your child is “what doing” questions. These are questions like “what is she doing?” or “what are you doing?”.įind some pictures of people performing various familiar actions. Once she can do that, introduce a new picture. Keep doing this until she can answer “what’s this” about one picture. Model the question and the answer a few times and then give her another chance to answer.
Go ahead and praise her as if she had said it herself, but act a little less excited than you would if she did it entirely by herself. Then, give her a short break by giving her something to play with or getting up to jump/run/spin around/etc.
If she doesn’t say ball, model it for her and have her repeat it. If so, praise her and let her know exactly what you’re praising her for (tell her “ball, yes, it is a ball! You said ball”). Pause for a moment and see if she says “ball”.
Do this a few more times with the same picture and then ask the question but don’t answer it for her. For example, if you hold up a picture of a ball, say “what’s this? Ball.” Ideally, she will repeat the word “ball” instead of “what’s this” since that is what you said last. If not, encourage her to say “ball”. Now, hold up one of the pictures and say “what’s this?” Immediately model the correct response for her by saying what that thing is called.
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If your child seems to know what some things are called (she is able to label them or talks about them when not being asked a question), then you can teach her how to answer the question appropriately instead of repeating it.įind some pictures of objects (or real objects instead of pictures) that your child is familiar with. These could be favorite toys, favorite foods, etc. However, many children with language delays tend to repeat the question instead of answering. The easiest “what” question for a child to answer is “what’s this?”. If your child is struggling with answering these “what” questions, try using the guide below to teach your child how. By 4 years of age, your child should be able to answer “what” questions about function, such as “what do you do with a fork?”. By 3 years, a child should be able to answer more complex “what” questions like “what do you wear on your head?”, “what do you eat?”, and “what is she doing?”. Children should be able to answer “what’s this” questions about familiar objects or pictures by 2 years of age. My goal with this website is to share teaching ideas that will strengthen your teaching and provide materials that will simplify your life.The ability to answer questions is a very important skill to a developing child. I’m thrilled you’re here! I am a teacher blogger and an education curriculum creator.
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