HOW!!!

My daughter likes to mimic, so I just do motions over and over and if she does them, we praise. I use gestures in day to day way over the top 😅 We taught her to clap by giving her one of the silicone push pop toys and whenever she pushed a bubble, we clapped. Now she claps any time she hears clapping on tv or in person lol I stuck my tongue out to her a lot when playing and now she will do it back. I treat all the new things as games. I dont remember where I read it, but children learn faster/easier/more when learning via a game rather than "this is how you do this"

I think trying to force anything is just going to end up getting you more frustrated! Just keep modeling it for him. Has he met all the other language milestones for his age?

@GMF he only says mama and dada sometimes other words but it’s random He also says the randomness sentence! One day he looked at his younger sister and said “you don’t get none” when referring to his lunch Or one day he said “thank you mama” like RANDOM! I also got him to show me a duck, he took my finger and pulled it to the picture of a duck .. He will point with my finger just not his own!!

Can take a long time but I feel like I never actively (at least it didn’t feel like it) put myself into teaching mode, it all just fell into place really! Lots and lots of repetition and narration. Attention spans of toddlers and limited, he’s probably not ignoring you on purpose :) xx

I do the same as @Stephanie & it's really effective. My LG picks things up so much quicker that way 😊👌🏾

Ugh thanks guys! For all the tips and support! It’s so hard and I have such anxiety surrounding it all. I want my kid to have a head start before school ( I know that’s a few years away but still! )