how is a two year olds talk different from ours?
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After reading some of the posts here, not much.
1007808
appart from the basics of hearing which i assume you understand, its all about learning and theories of learning. Albert Bandura surmised that people learn through imitation, so therefore infants watch intently and copy what we do. This includes vocalization. As infants become older they are able to learn new words and string them together.
1014790
Congrats on your baby! The most important thing you can do is spend time with your child. Sound too easy? It is well worth it. Love them, care for them, talk to them, sing to them, read to them, play with them, cuddle them, show lots of affection. The "teaching" part will come easily enough. You will discover that your child wants nothing more than your attention and time, and when they get that, they will shine!
1903
A lot of people assume a child is very young, like a toddler, and a kid is anywhere between about 8 and 12. In fact, they both mean the same thing, but a kid would sound more mature.
810
From what I've learned in linguistics, no (spoken) language is "easier" or "harder" for children to learn. They all learn their native language at the same speed.\n\n(Written language is another matter, of course.)
979699
I do research in raising children bilingual. YES, children usually start to speak later when being raised bilingual. They will also mix up the languages for a certain period of time. But continue to raise them that way, they will be fluent in both languages, even though you might get scared at moments.
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I have a 5-year old with autism.  My wife and I have been successful getting him to talk to us only if it's requesting food or certain play activities.  I'd say about half the time he asks on his own without being prompted.  We expand his vocabulary by offering him more choices or making him make more decisions.  For example, instead of putting in the video he hands us, we'll pick up another and make him point and say the title of the video he wants.  Eventually, he'll ask for the video by name right away.  It's only been the last few months that he's been doing this, so I'm optimistic about how he can grow from this step to more difficult social interactions (even if it takes a few years).
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From one special needs mom to another....you don't\nYou didn't mention what types of issues your child has  or your child's age but for most special needs children mouthing is a sensory issue ie they do it because it is soothing or helps them focus. Have a set of things that are okay to mouth and if they are mouthing something else give them one of the okay items. Since this may be a comfort issue for your child try not to make a big deal out of it as anxiety will increase the behavior my son finally stopped when he was about 4. If this is a major concern for you talk to a occupational therapist that specializes in working with sensory issues they will have lots of good ideas \nGood Luck\n\nBTW in most states it is considered child abuse to put pepper sauce on anything and give it to a child to break behaviors so please be aware if you choose to try something like this
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Yes, that is why 18 month old babies can be taught to read words. If you try to teach them the alphabet, they cannot get it.  it is too abstract. But if you show them whole words, in large print(4 inches)  they can learn to read. You must show them the word and the object and say it at the same time. like BOTTLE , then show them the bottle and say it. use flash cards with large print, especially red ink. They can READ, I swear to God this is true.\nSoon you show them the card, without the object and remaining silent, and they say the word. try it. You can ahve them reading like champs by the time they are 2 or 3.
254383
For a two year old? Hmmmmmmm (might be a bit young to explain that to a two year old)
467089
At around age 6, certain neural paths forge themselves in the brain, and though they are capable of extending themselves in the things they know, the set paths of knowledge severely cuts off the sort of open-circuit knowlege aquisition young children possess.  The brain must do this to continue to build on retained knowledge - interestingly enough, language is so vital to our species that it wants to set itself early in development.  Therefore, the abilities to reproduce certain sounds spoken in other languages depletes quickly.  \nA newborn to age 2 year old can reproduce every sound of all languages.  They lose this ability early, and in the US we don't teach other languages until high school, when it's almost too late.  In europe they teach multiple languages at young ages and many Europeans are bi- or tri-lingual.  That is the best way, to teach at a young, young age.  I myself sing Spanish and German folk-songs to my young nieces and nephews.  They love it, and now they sing them with me.
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I am confused - do you mean your speech ? You could both take speech therapy for that . And if it is how the words come out wrong - like me - I sometimes speak rougher or louder than I should , people get confused or defensive at me , and I don't even know what I said wrong until it is too late . Now if this is what it is I can only say that it will take time to change it . Mine came after I think I was about 30 - my last child was born , and I started talking less , made shorter answers and bit my tongue , close the lips more often and use my ears now ! I still have problems relating to piers , family excetra . And I totally understand about the self esteem . I think you should try to have an hour every other day or so with your son and talk it through together - you might come up with some ways of fixing it together , your own class ! Maybe even put an ad in the paper to start a support group for just that , for parents and children to learn it together . I don't have exact answers - I am just trying to help . Good luck .
889471
I am homeschooling my kindergartner...although I feel that we have  been since birth.  My dd also was talking well under a year.  I got a kit for baby sign language and started that with her at 7 months she started signing 2 weeks later. She was speaking clear sentences at about 12 months. It finally dawned on me to video her saying her alphabet @ 18 months (she started much earlier).  I have the baby Einstein videos, books various flash cards, etc.  When she was under 2 I started getting her preschool workbooks that she loved.  Basically I always got her educational materials that were advanced for her and let her play with them.  Some things were to difficult to grasp right away but I was always amazed that there was so much that she knew or learned very quickly.  We make everything a game and when she's done playing that game we/she does something else.  We also never talked baby talk. We never dumbed it down for her either...just like a foreign language they will pick it up and understand if spoken to them.  I have recently discovered the Waldorf method and although I am not sure about some of it other parts are speaking to me.  Playing is very important to a child's  development.  Here is some things you could check into...  There are several homeschooling chat groups that would be of benefit to you.  I understand that she is young but you would be able to reap the benefits from those that have lots of experience homeschooling.  There are also gifted homeschooling yahoo groups that can help with advanced children and the difficulties that can arise.  You can also find a local homeschool group and join up with them.  (even though your daughter is young  many people have babies as well as school aged children)
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Children, ages five to seven years old, have the ability to use language in different contexts or situations.
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Start with the alphabet...  One good thing I have done is to READ to them every night.  I have a daughter that is 3 and she went to preschool this past year.  She knew her alphabet by the time she was 3.  The other thing that helped her was the Leap Pad I got her.  She recognizes all of the letters of the alphabet.  She has learned alot from her leap pad.  As far as a 1 year old, you can't expect too much, if I can give you one piece of advice it would be to just talk normally to the 1 yr old.  Eventually they will pick up what you are saying and they will respond in their own way.
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Dear if we knew what your question was, we might be able to help you. I checked back at your questions, and didn't find any thing relateing to a two year old girl or friend. Please give us some more details, so we can help you.God Bless.
546761
yes, they can talk, though they sound sort of weird. :-(