How To Improve Vocabulary??

[kelliott]

I always find it patronizing when people talk to young kids the same way they talk to babies.

Maybe you could do like a word of the day or word of the week where you try to make it fun. It could be adjectives, nouns, or just slightly me more complexed ways to say things they already know how to say, like "Huge" or "Giant" for Big. or teach him abut equals and opposites. Maybe you can find a way to make it fun, like on Pee-Wee's playhouse when they had the word of the day and everyone would scream when someone said that word in a sentence (not just saying it to say it) or maybe making a tally of how many time he can say it in a day (he gets to mark off)- but only when it's used with purpose.
Or maybe you could do a rhyming game with them, try to find real words that rhyme with a word (just stay away from words like duck or clock). You can also read rhyming books like "The Cat in the Hat" (or pretty much anything by Dr. Seuss or old nursery rhymes).

You can try singing songs that have a larger variety of vocabulary. Maybe school house rock songs, the pledge of allegiance, peace builder pledge, or other songs he may need to know for school.

LOVE that idea!! maybe put an amount of "tallies" to be reached by the end of the day/week and he/she gets a treat or something