LANGUAGE Home About Children acquire a "hearing vocabulary" or receptive language first. This is what an individual knows about. Children learn the meaning of what others say to them about things, events and processes in their environment by hearing. Talk to your child about what you are doing when you prepare lunch, set the table or what you see at the store. Play story tapes, read books, recite finger plays and nursery rhymes. As you read together, point to and name objects in pictures. As you walk around the house, touch and name furnishings like chairs, lamps or tables. Make it a game. You touch or point to an object and then he/she names it. What an individual can "tell you" is their expressive language. Expressive language is the ability to express words and ideas. By talking together about past events in sequence and by using descriptive words, you can help your child improve language skills. Children can make meaningful contributions to family discussions if they are asked to express their points of view. Together, read stories, predict what will happen next, and imagine how the story will end. Write down what your child says to show a relationship between spoken and written words.

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