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i don't know if many parents out there have children who are slow to start talking or not..... My youngest daughter Baileigh has been very slow to start talking, she says a few things now, and has always attempted to get her msg accross in other ways though. Her
childcare teachers, told me they were having trouble understanding her & could i take her to see a speech therepist to help out?? so we took her to see someone from cams.
We went every friday, took both the girls, and they both improved greatly!!!!!! Alicia didn't really need much help. Anyway, the speech therepist was trying to find ways that would make it easier for baileigh to get what she wants accross to us and anyone else. So she taught bai some sign language, which we encouraged at home, and she told the kindy also..... just a few signs, like for finish and things like that...... she improved quite a bit, and we havn't been for a while, but she still isn't talking much still, i know they all develop differently, but i just want to help her along a bit more. I know that the childcare teachers often sit with her, and show her different pics of things and try to get her to say what they are....by showing the pic, asking her, then they say what it is, and ask her again what it is..... I think it works well....
Now she always loves to sing nursery rhymes, and she does reasonably well with ones like twinkle twinkle, baa baa black sheep, and 3 little ducks they are the main ones she can sing.... and when she feels like talking, she can come out with quite a few words i think.....
But i do suggest going to see a speech therepist if you are worried about your childs speech.....ours is very good, Baileigh and i are going by ourselves on thurs, as if alicia goes, she kinda dominates, and Baileigh doesn't get to answer much without Alicia butting in 1st....lol When Alicia came along, the therepist, ended up showing/teaching her to write in lowercase...as Alicia knew how to write, but only in capitols....now Alicia is excelent at writting, and she signs her friends names in as well as her own when she gets to pre school.... and has to sit in bed and write and draw everynight before she goes to sleep!!!!! I am so proud of her.
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