Ming shows how to teach toddlers that asking works. Put toys just out of reach or hide the pieces to Mr. Potato Head so they have to ask for help. Start around age 2 or 3.
Okay. A lot of times when you see us work on agents of speech is that we put things in containers, right? We. We create situations where the child is supposed to find the next thing, the next, I don't know, next puzzle, next body part of Mr. Potato Head. You know, we remove the dice, remove something, and it creates a communication need that the child has to talk to you in order to get what they want. And so at 2 to 3 years old is where it's okay for you to start trying this kind of methods to try and tell your child that there's a means to an end to communication.
