I am disappointed that Katie Anne is still below average in her language skills. She has trouble communicating in complete sentences and uses only a few words. She throws tantrums when she isn’t understood. I have to be very patient with her and that wears on me. I try to spend a lot of time talking to her whenever I can, however my husband and I will begin to spend even more time talking to her about anything and everything. We also plan to take her to interesting places and watch educational tv shows with her as well as read out loud more to her. She only tells broad outlines of a story without many details. Yet Katie Anne is above average in reasoning tasks such as counting and classifying.
In preschool Katie Anne seems to be anxious and unsure of herself in new situations, but given time and encouragement eventually joins in the group activities. At home she loves being a big sister to her new baby, but occasionally regresses to making baby sounds for attention.
Katie Anne has been lying, a common practice among 3 year olds as they learn to distinguish fantasy and reality. We explain that lying is wrong, makes others feel bad and she gets a time out when she lies. She also has trouble sitting still for periods of time (like dinner time).
We tell Katie Anne what we expect from her during dinner times and praise her when she cooperates.
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Ok, it's official. Our kids are the exact same. I'm surprised as well with my child's language skills. She's been below average for basically her entire life. Her motor skills are amazing but language, not so much. We're doing the same things you and your partner are doing to help her language. Hopefully it works!
LOL...I crack up at some of our virtual kids and how they can be so like our "real" kids. But hey we can just log off the virtal world if life gets roug with them. Our real kids though...we are in it and cant turn back...LOL. Kalani is exhibiting some of the same things as your child....only he is extremely outgoung and can be agressive. Funny because I have 3 boys in real life and they are all different...but I do hae one of these boys in real life...absolute joy:) Good Post!!!
My boy has a hard time communicating and has tantrums when not understood right away. It does take a lot of patience, and now that he has a little sister, I must divide my time between them. I hope girls are easier to raise than boys. But I do the best I can in making sure Vidura has as many opportunities to practice his language skills. He might be a mechanic when he grows up because he is so much better at working with his hands and figuring out complex problems than with jabbering away. I guess we all need a little bit of everything to be successful in life....
Hi,
It looks like our babies are both below average with their communication skills. I had a baby girl as well. I also really think it is important to play as much as possible with your child. This not only is good for their health but learning to take turns and share a ball for example. Good job on that!
Colleen,
Your little Katie Anne sounds an awful lot like my daughter Chelsea...she is also struggling with her language skills and has started with the lying. We are also trying to have more conversations, especially about things she is interested in and exposing her to more interesting places and educational television. We figure the lying is kind of a "testing" phase and are trying to patiently explain the ramifications when we catch her in one...good luck and keep up the good work!
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