The Toddler Talk Plan

These lessons are designed to teach you the most effective speech therapy strategies for toddlers.

1. Teaching toddlers new words using focused stimulation

2. How getting face-to-face helps toddlers learn to talk

3. How asking less questions can help your toddler learn to talk

4. Following your toddler’s imagination to practice speech at home

Helping toddlers get the most our of your at home speech therapy practice.

1. Helping toddlers learn to communicate with less frustrations

2. Using daily routines to grow toddler’s communication skills

3. Supporting toddlers through transitions

4. Supporting toddler’s attention span

5. Supporting turn taking and sharing for toddlers

At home lessons and activities to help your child communicate their wants, needs, and ideas.

1. Learning toddler’s individual communication signs

2. Supporting toddlers in back and forth play with people

3. Supporting joint attention skills in toddlers

4. Teaching toddlers how to imitate in play

5. Teaching toddlers how to show you when they need help

6. Teaching toddlers to use gestures to communicate

7. Teaching toddlers to imitate sounds

8. Teaching toddlers to imitate words

9. Supporting your toddler in saying their first word

10. Tips and activities for growing toddler’s vocabulary

11. Teaching toddlers to repeat phrases with 2 words

12. Teaching toddlers to put 2 words together to ask for things

13. Teaching toddlers to put 2 words together to comment on what’s happening

14. Teaching toddlers to say many different verbs

15. Teaching toddlers to copy 3 word phrases

16. Teaching toddlers to say 3 word phrases on their own

17. Teaching toddlers how to ask different questions

18. Teaching toddlers to use plural nouns

19. Teaching toddlers to use verbs ending in -ing

20. Teaching toddlers to tell you about what happened

These receptive language lessons are designed to help you grow your toddler’s understanding skills step by step.

1. Teaching toddlers to respond to sounds

2. Teaching toddlers to respond when someone calls their name

3. Teaching your toddler to listen to “NO!” in safety situations

4. Teaching your toddler to follow their first instructions

5. Teaching your toddler to follow more everyday directions

6. Helping your toddler understand new words

7. Helping your toddler to follow new 1 step directions

8. Teaching your toddler to finish 1 step directions on their own

9. Teaching your toddler to answer yes or no questions about what they want

10. Teaching toddlers to answer who questions

11. Teaching toddlers to answer what questions

12. Teaching toddlers to follow directions with 2 steps

13. Teaching toddlers to follow directions with location words in, out, on, under, between

14. Teaching toddlers to answer factual yes or no questions

15. Teaching toddlers to follow complex directions