5 Essential Materials in Early Language Intervention
Many times parents worry about making large investments and what they need to help their children is almost always within reach. Here are 5 basic things you need to have at home to help your son or daughter.
- Toys with noise: Young children are easily distracted and have little attention span. Having a rattle, whistle, or rope toy on hand can immediately bring the child back to the activity. Families can even make one with a can and dried beans.
- Bubbles: They are very useful for working petitions, taking turns, increasing eye contact, exercising bilabial productions. Just blow a bubble and the opportunity for an excellent intervention opportunity is prepared.
- Puzzles: These provide an opportunity for longer activity. They can be of few or many pieces to work attention, taking turns, description, spatial concepts, naming of objects, concepts of parts and the whole among others.
- Books: Our job is to educate. The faster you can get a child interested in literacy, the faster he or she is exposed to the vocabulary of the world. You don't have to buy or spend a lot of money. You can even exchange books with other children. Cardboard books are more suitable for small children as they are easier to handle and more resistant than paper.
- Blocks: Blocks are very useful, and there is no need to carry a large number of them. Carry a bag with 5-10 and they can be used to build, count, name colors, and create letters, etc..
If you have questions about your child's language or speech development, don't hesitate to contact a professional as soon as possible.