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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
The ?Repeat Method? Works
Quentin?s pediatrician taught us a method called the ?Repeat Method? to teach then words.
What you do is say the word three times in a row and point to it while showing it to DC. Speak the word slowly three times while making eye contact with DC.
Everytime you see it, repeat three times.
(ie: ?Book, Book, Book!?)
They will learn much faster.
We tried all the following words, and he learned each word one by one within a week after using the method:
Ball, Block, Book, Light, Hot, Cat, Dog, Cheese, Juice, Hat, Brush, and currently working on Teeth.
Just wanted to share!
What you do is say the word three times in a row and point to it while showing it to DC. Speak the word slowly three times while making eye contact with DC.
Everytime you see it, repeat three times.
(ie: ?Book, Book, Book!?)
They will learn much faster.
We tried all the following words, and he learned each word one by one within a week after using the method:
Ball, Block, Book, Light, Hot, Cat, Dog, Cheese, Juice, Hat, Brush, and currently working on Teeth.
Just wanted to share!
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Re: The ?Repeat Method? Works
No offense meant at all, but I will never understand the reasoning behind thinking that we "teach" our kids to talk, or walk, or crawl. They learn these things because that's how the human brain works.
I don't doubt that telling a kid what the name of something is doesn't help them figure it out, and granted, I repeat the words for things day in and day out to DS, but even if we were to ignore our toddlers, they'd still learn how to talk.
DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)
I think the reason why the pedi is even teaching this, is to help with early development skills. The method is a success, no doubt, and maybe he is just trying to eliminate having children with problems down the road that have social issues.
For example, my brother didn?t say a word until he was almost three years old (mainly because my parents weren?t around enough to teach him anything). This in turn caused issues when he was in pre-school.
Sure, we can all learn to speak on our own, but if you are actually taught something, you learn much faster.
This is just my guess as to why he may be teaching this method to parents.
I don't know, I still think the reason your son is saying all those words is just because he's an early talker. I'm sure the fact that you and your DH work with him helps, and I'm sure there were external factors with why your brother talked late, buuut there is a big, big trend right now that parents have to teach their kids everything, which is actually not very true.
Generations upon genrations of kids learned how to talk quite well without their parents paying much attention to them at all...
DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)
You make a valid point. Everyone learns by watching others usually and listening. And you may be right?DS may just be an early talker.