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Post by jessjetland on Sept 1, 2008 11:48:54 GMT -5
I have a two and a half year old he he talks like crazy and I very much doubt he has 250+ word I agree that seems a little out there! Jess
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Post by CC on Sept 1, 2008 12:57:37 GMT -5
"250+ words by that age? Have you heard of this too?"
Honestly No I have never heard that. Chris was a very late talker and honestly I never even counted how many words he does use. Kodi Lee was always a chatter box from when she used her first words LOL and I honesty can say I never counted how many words she used at that age.
Kids in general are all different, Hmmm I do wonder where she got that info from?
Steff said
"In my opinion its the quality of the words and the ability to get your point across rather than the quantity"
I AGREE 100% on that ;D
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Post by Connie on Sept 1, 2008 12:57:42 GMT -5
250+ words doesn't seem like a lot to me...My typical kids at 2-2.5 years could say their ABC and knew at least one word that began with each letter. Plus, they could use their numbers up to 10 (if, not higher), plus some positional words (up,down, in, out etc...), color words, Proper nouns and animal names and sounds, plus names of various objects in the house and refrigerator (bike, milk, juice, banana), feelings, verbs (run, sit, play). Were they all clear NO but they were there.
For me I think it would be hard to sit down and actually count what words/signs they were using at that age while trying to keep up with them.
However, with that being said. While Collin could communicate his wants and needs at that age he was basically non-verbal and did not have a 250+ vocabulary at 2-2.5 years old.
Connie
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Post by Chris too on Sept 3, 2008 7:03:46 GMT -5
Connie, you are using exactly the right method for counting words: by category. It winds up being very easy to count words when you are writing them down by category. How many names does she say? How many words that are people words (man, boy, baby, etc); how many that are food-related - that sort of thing. I was surprised at how many Stevie was actually using on a regular basis when I did this fun exercise. The first time I did it was when Stevie switched speech therapists & the new one wanted to know what she was saying at home. And at a time when her talking was at an all-time low, I still was surprised at all she said/signed. Today, there are no more signs, but lots of spoken words. All kids are different, but mine are all talkers - I have to teach them how to be quiet
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