Follow your child’s lead

Over the past week I have been reminded that this strategy benefits all children no matter what level their language skills are at.

I bet you can guess what this one loves…

Let the child lead play


Allow your child to lead

  • shows that you are interested

  • allows us to enter the child’s world

  • makes it more likely the child will stay with the activity

  • Makes the interaction more relaxed and enjoyable

  • Makes our language relevant and motivating

We need to join them

  • on their level

  • including what they are doing (exploring, banging, spinning, dropping, etc)

  • without imposing the “correct way” to play with an item

So Pause and Observe what your child is interested in…. And join them in their areas of interest …………and remember to come with no plan or agenda

by Sarah Winstanley, SaLT

Communication Lincs Ltd. ……..because Speech Therapy Matters