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From Single Words to Phrases: How to Help Your Child Make That Jump As your child moves through the toddler years, the number of words they should be putting together generally follows their age. So, putting two words together by age two, and three words together by age three. If you feel like your child is stuck at the single word level, here are some fun ways that you can incorporate early phrase building into play and everyday communication:
1.Recasting! In speech therapy, a recast is when you take what a child has said, and repeat it back to them with either more detailed or more correct language. When working on expanding utterances, the best way to recast is to repeat what they say with an addition of one word. For example, if your child says “doggie!” you can respond with “big doggie!” to show them how to add more words. If your child says “dada home” you can say “dada IS home!” Most importantly, this provides a model without disrupting communication, so do not stop to try to make your child say your words. The more you model these phrases, the higher the chances they will start using them on their own!
