How to Teach Language to Your Child

If you're not an expressive person, you want to turn it on for those moments. Pair gestures with your words. Be mindful teacher. You want to think about what you're teaching and promote that especially imitation through demonstration. If I want a child to do fast, what does it look like? What does it sound like? I'm defining that word even as I say it right. And probably my speed isn't like really fast. It may not even change that much, but I'm calling it fast. And so I'm selling the fast concept."