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Your child is in mainly Group 3
Children in group 3 are beginning to use single words, becoming confident at communicating at sending messages for lots of reasons and developing their play skills.It can take children a while to build up their spoken vocabulary and like with all areas of development there is more to it than meets the eye. Children need to understand single words, play imaginatively and have good oro-motor development in order to build their starting spoken vocabulary.Great news is your child is well on the way to doing this.Children in Group 3 are beginning to learn to shift their attention from what they are doing to what you are saying so you may find they are more consistent in their response to you calling their name.They have a range of single words they understand. Comprehension of language is usually ahead of their spoken words, this means they learn what a word is, before they can say it.Children at this stage start to play in a relational way, think tea parties, cooking, driving cars on a track. They learn that play items represent real life items and they copy what they have seen done with these objects in real life.Your child will begin to say words that are important or interesting to them first and then build their vocabulary once the first 20 words are fixed in.Your child will have a range of consonants they can use 'p, b, m, n, t, d, k, g, w,'Ready To Help Your Group 2 Child Progress to The Next Group?1. Listen to how you speak. Saying less and stopping asking questions is so powerful and can really help your child to make progress to the next group. 2. Reduce screen time. Group 3 children often love screens. This is because they a colourful, repetitive, and do not demand anything from them. But screen time can delay development for children in this group, so reduce the amount of screen time your child has.3. Ditch the Dummy. Development of mouth muscles is really important for this group and dummies and bottles can really hamper the progress children make with using their jaw, lips and tongue for talking. Ditching the dummy is an important step in helping mouth muscle development. Need help? I have a written a book to support you Click HereWho am I to help you?Hey there, I’m Jo 👋I’m a Speech and Language Therapist with a difference!I am the Founder of the Can-Do Approach, a unique programme that takes what a child 'can-do' and works out their next steps and how to get there.So many parents tell me how negative they find their experiences with professionals when they are worried about their child's development and I knew I could do better for families. So I left my 20 year career in the NHS and founded The Home of Can-Do to really support parents in the way they told me they needed.Parents spend so much time waiting for services or 'waiting and seeing' if their child develops and this to me is wasted time, so my programmes focus on helping you to slip 'speech therapy' into everyday life, right from the get go. 🙌If you want to help your child move onto the next group or gain confidence with language and communication see below how I can help.If you want to help your child move onto the next group or gain confidence with language and communication see below how I can help.See These Three Steps As Your Instant 'Speech Therapy' Solution!1. Download my FREE starter booklet. This free booklet is your starting points to changing and moving forward with your child. 6 habits to break to get your child talking will give you 6 things to do immediately to start the progress ball rolling! 2. What to dig deeper? I have put together a 'mini video series' for worried parents to look into the groups more and make a plan as to how to help their child. Watch Here3.Facebook Group 'Parenting children with speech language and communication difficulties'. Here you can chat to other parents and watch my free trainings. You’re going to come away knowing a heck of a lot more!Good on you — taking this quiz is a BIG step in the right direction. I’m going to pop you an email (or two) to keep your momentum up!