Share the choice of activities and topics with child.
Wait and expect: give children time to interact.
Respond to a word with a phrase or sentence expanding the
child's utterance.
Respond to a word or short sentence by extending the child's
utterance to another related utterance.
Limit questions and commands to authentic ones.
Communicate by using comments, a powerful general strategy in
motivating a child to communicate.
Actively reduce stress by focusing on play more than
achievement.
Concentrate on keeping the interaction going rather than
correcting communication.
Pay more attention to appropriate behaviors and less to immature
or disruptive behaviors.
Adults can think of themselves as "natural reinforcers" for the
child and become someone the child wants to play with so that the
child returns for more natural learning.
Early Reading
First Project Office
220 West Kennedy Street
Syracuse, NY 13205
Phone: (315) 435-4276
