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It is important for children to meet their speech and language milestones at the expected age.  This gives your child a strong foundation for learning at school and later in life.

Your preschool child is busy talking, exploring and playing. All of these activities are important for his or her growth and development – and for learning communication skills.

Your child will need well-developed communication skills when it’s time to start going to school – to make friends, learn new things, and start learning to read and write. 

Communication skills are critical to your child’s future success.

Your play an important part in your child’s ongoing communication development. Talking, listening and playing with your child will help to build the skills he or she needs to succeed in school and in life.

About one in 10 children needs help developing normal speech and language skills. Without help, it’s a struggle to listen and talk, it’s difficult to learn to read, and it’s hard to play with other children.

Children learn language best through every day activities. Here are ways that you can help to build your child's language skills. 

Talk to your child about: 

• Things they see
• Things they are doing
• Things they are feeling
• Things you are doing
• What you and your child see on television
• Places you have been

Help your child learn to talk: 

• Sing
• Read
• Play
• Listen
• Expose them to others