Comments on: 5 Ways to Enrich Your Child’s Vocabulary

By: How to Turn any Event into a Learning Opportunity

How to Turn any Event into a Learning Opportunity — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:38:38 +0000

[...] In fact, many studies show that the amount of conversations and the variety of words that children listen to have a direct influence on the pace at which they develop language skills. Children that are exposed to both more words and uncommon words in their conversations with adults tend to develop broader vocabularies. [...]

By: Table Topics

Table Topics — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:54:41 +0000

[...] child’s vocabulary over at our sister site, SpanglishBaby, and one of the tips was to try to make everything into a topic of conversation. Coincidentally, the same day, I got the product pictured above which is a table game about exactly [...]

By: Roxana

Roxana — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:14:44 +0000

Thanks for the ideas, Adriana! I like the one about planning an activity around a certain topic that they’re into – that should create plenty of opportunities for enriching their vocabulary in a totally fun way!

By: Roxana

Roxana — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:53:08 +0000

Wow! What a great experience for your kids, Fatima! That kind of immersion will always be the best way for children to be exposed not only to our language, but to our culture! I’d love to hear more about your experience when you get back

By: Nicole aka Gidget

Nicole aka Gidget — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:29:58 +0000

great ideas! I especially love #4.
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By: Fatima Sfiligoi

Fatima Sfiligoi — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:20:57 +0000

Thank you for listing the different ways to expand our children’s vocabulary! We use all those ways. One other thing that I noticed is how important it is for them to play in Spanish with other kids. They copy/imitate their peers and learn a lot that way. We have been in Argentina for almost three weeks (we are going back to NYC in 3 days!). My two kids, Chloe (4) and Kylen (2.5) are going to school + birthday parties + playdates + swimming lessons and they have learned SO MUCH from other kids.

By: Adriana

Adriana — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:59:47 +0000

My number one way of helping my son expand his Spanish vocabulary is books. We read books as often as possible and on a variety of topics. When I find a topic that he is interested in, like space for example, I will check out several books from the library about space and then try to plan some activity like an art project or a field trip like to a Science Museum to reinforce the vocabulary.
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By: Dariela

Dariela — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:46:54 +0000

These are such great tips. I do them but it’s always nice to be reminded. The one that’s hard for me is the no-correcting one. My son is in a stage where all the verbs and pro-nouns he says are wrong! At he beginning I corrected him but now I learned to just do what you mention after I read the “Ask-the-Expert column a few weeks ago.
Reading to him in Spanish and playing songs in Spanish (while I sing them) are other ways I use.
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