Mediation means you provide structure and assistance to help your child focus on the most important information and know what to do. You provide just enough assistance to help them be successful.

An important way to mediate vocabulary learning, is to use short sentences and emphasize a key word. Use any other gestures or support that help your child notice the important object or action.

Your model at this level is also showing your child lots of things that they are able to do. These models increase the chance that your child will repeat what you say—maybe not today or tomorrow, but with practice.

Today’s activity: Use singe words or two-word combinations. Pick one target word for an activity and look for many reasons to use the word when your child is paying attention the item or action.

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