{"id":9280,"date":"2015-02-20T16:05:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T21:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=9280"},"modified":"2015-09-24T14:35:24","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T18:35:24","slug":"six-ways-to-boost-your-kids-language-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=9280","title":{"rendered":"Six ways to boost your kid\u2019s language skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Use a variety of words when you talk to your child. You\u2019ll increase their vocabulary by employing a diverse vocabulary yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Engage your child in play activities that teach new words: songs, made-up stories, or even a simple game of \u201cWhere\u2019s your nose?\u201d can all help introduce new vocabulary.<\/li>\n<li>Ask your child questions throughout the day\u2014about what they\u2019re doing, what they\u2019re thinking, and what they\u2019re feeling.<\/li>\n<li>Model new language skills by expanding or extending what your child is saying. When he or she says something to you, respond by either making the sentence longer or adding descriptive words.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s something you hear again and again, but that\u2019s only because it\u2019s true: Read to your child as often as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Recognize that both parents play a role in language development\u2014so when possible, mothers and fathers should both be involved in all language-based activities and in conversations with language professionals (doctors, teachers, speech therapists).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use a variety of words when you talk to your child. You\u2019ll increase their vocabulary by employing a diverse vocabulary yourself. Engage your child in play activities that teach new words: songs, made-up stories, or even a simple game of \u201cWhere\u2019s your nose?\u201d can all help introduce new vocabulary. Ask your child questions throughout the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,9,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-need-to-know-basis","category-on-campus","category-winter-2015"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}