One of the things you can do with your pre verbal child is work on following directions.
Simple one step directions for toddlers.
This list of functional words was professionally selected to be the most useful for a child or adult who has difficulty following 1 step directions.
Toddlers and following directions our sweet little toddler is into the stage where she is really beginning to understand the instructions we give and occasionally chooses to totally disobey them.
Think about how many times in one day we tell our student or child to do something.
Even if children aren t able to use words to express themselves they may be able to understand far more than they can show.
We encourage you to use this list when practicing at home.
In which a one year old lifts her arms up.
Her independence is growing and listen and obey are becoming very often used words in our home.
A great place to start is following one step instructions.
Following one step directions.
Once your child is able to follow single step directions using this method you can use the same approach to teach multiple step directions.
Work on following directions with more than one step.
Home practice will make progress toward meeting individual language goals much faster.
Instead of always saying no.
Such activities help baby to begin connecting words with actions the first step toward following directions.
For students who struggle with receptive language skill it s important to start to slowly build concrete basic receptive language skills.