Summary:
- Younger Kids:
- Use first words that are used by typically developing kids
- My Late Talker Book (with lesson plans for first words): http://www.speechandlanguagekids.com/jump-starting-late-talkers (You get 30% off as a member)
- Repetition, repetition, repetition
- Offer synonyms, categories, more specific terms for words that they already know
- Older Kids:
- Active processing of new vocabulary words
- Use semantic maps and word webs: My Word Webs for Vocab
- Talk about features of a word
- Use it in different contexts
- Talk about synonyms/antonyms
- Use the word in a sentence and have the child decide if it was used appropriately or not
- Teach them to ask an adult if they come across a word they don’t know
- Active processing of new vocabulary words