Ming from Agents of Speech explains how to grow a child's vocabulary by matching words to what they already try to communicate, then creating situations where they need those words. Skip drilling. Focus on function and play.
What language functions they have right now that may or may not be accompanied by speech. And I think about how to change those into speech. Give them a word, giving them a language for what they're expressing over already, non verbally. All right? And other than that, go horizontal and think, oh, how can I expand different language functions? And this comes from context. And the biggest thing is that a lot of parents, a lot of trainers, teachers and so on, they're always so fixated on teaching the language. Right? And children can smell foes so far away. When you're trying to teach them something and it's hard for them, they're going to run away, they're going to like, ah, no, I'm, I'm, I'm not in for this. But whereas if you change your perspective and to teaching the context first, teaching the play first, teaching them why they have to communicate with you first, that'll be so much easier because then you've created interest, you've created a need for them, right? It might not have come from them, it's basic psychology.
