Intentional Disciple Making

Parents can assist their child in several ways. One is to be a good model for the child. Speak and listen the way you would like your child to speak and listen. When you use complete sentences, your child hears and learns this. Focus on using one language. It seems easier for the child to master one language and not combine two in conversing.
Make conversation a pleasant experience for your child. Give him time to discuss and explain. Mispronounced words should be corrected. But he should not be made to feel funny or think that he is not bright enough. There are children who are unaware of tenses, and even at 6 years old use “brong” for the word “brought”, “grasses” for “grass”, and even “ascared” for afraid and scared. Sometimes children like to make up words or even use words out of context. One way of correcting a child who says “brong” for instance, is to say, “Oh, you mean he brought it to the store.” -