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hi my dd is 3yr&3mt old she is in nr.kg. my prob is thatmy dds vocabulary is limited. she speks many words but there are no sentences. she can say all the alphabets$ she can count till 20 rest is also not that bad .people keep saying she will overcome this,but i am really worried please i will glad to recive any advice.bye
lubna deepika replied. hi lubna,
don't worry much sm kids r late talkers but be sure for one thing when they start... they will never stop.
my daughter is 2 yr&8 mths old n she also have the same prb. she speaks many words n few sentences and in that she mix her own language which we too don't understand. For her the prb is that we have just moved from delhi to US and the change in language n culture played a major part in her late vocabulary dev. her pediatric suggested me to speak to her more n i often sing to her while working abt what i m doing... and u know it worked. now she also sings n makes sentences. her vocabulary is improved a lot. i try to give a meaningful version of what she is trying to say to me in her language n she repeats what i said...
so just try singing to her abt ur actions n routine activities like for me my daughter understands now both hindi n eng and i sing to her like at lunch time i sing \";chalo chalo hum to khana khayenge...lets go lets go its time to eat the lunch... \"; in starting she use to say only words but then she also start to sing the same when ever she sees food on the table during meal times... n now she simply says khana khayenge....
also repeat ur sentences in a bit high volume... with expressions... she will also immitate u. give her more attention n converse with her abt her shedule... she may nt respond u well but she will slowly imitate u n start speacking the sentences.
this works with me... n i m still continuing it. more my daughter will start her preschool from next mth so i m hoping that her vocablury will improve from that too...
so don't worry... some kids do start to speack properly late... and in no time they become a chatter box.
cheers
deepika.