Is your child speaking in one word phrases? This educational video teaches the most common first sentences and useful phrases for toddlers! ‪@growyoursong‬ is full of researchbased educational content for your little one.

Notice that Teacher Jen uses many function carrier phrases such as "I want ___" and "Let's ___". These help a child meet their needs by expressing what they want (and don't want!), as well as learning early social skills by using the inviting 'let's__' as a starter.
You can practice with your child by modeling these same phrases with their favourite items, lego, iPad, cars, etc. You can increase practice by just giving things one at a time, or for iPad, pausing it periodically so they can ask for more.
Give lots of praise for talking! "Wow, good job asking for more lego!"
You can also echo back what they said and add a word. For example, if they say "I want car!" you can repeat "You want the car? Want red car?" etc.

Teacher Jen works with a variety of neurodivergent children with autism, ADHD, and speech delays. Many of them have needed help using functional phrases to help make their needs met and reduce frustration. Teacher Jen also has a one year old who is just starting to break into sentences, so she created this video to help model useful sentences for kids to copy. She demonstrates a situation where one would use the language rather than just saying phrases in a vacuum, which helps toddlers better understand where and when to use the phrases!

This video may be helpful for children with a speech delays, but if your child has a speech delay, this is not a replacement for inperson services and intervention.
If you have any concerns, please talk to your family doctor or pediatrician and possibly seek out early intervention services in your area.

Check out the @growyoursong homepage and find more videos to help your little one learn and thrive! If you have a baby, 1 year old, 2 year old, 3 year old, 4 year old or 5 year old, you can find a video to suit your needs on our YouTube page. You will find many toddler learning videos, as well as baby learning videos, all filled with speech practice and early intervention strategies, tips and tools.
Most videos feature close ups of Teacher Jen's mouth that may be helpful for children with childhood apraxia of speech or a motor speech delay, focusing in on the speech cues and tongue placements.. They may also be helpful for kids with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) as Teacher Jen primarily works with this population in her day to day life!

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