Describe simple routines to your toddler and repeat common requests.
Talking to children during daily caregiving routines helps them to acquire listening, comprehension and communication skills. Girolametto, L., Weitzman, E., & Greenberg, J. (2006). Facilitating language skills: Inservice education for early childhood educators and preschool teachers. Infants & Young Children, 19, 36–46. Honig, A. ed. (2014). Fostering Early Language with Infants and Toddlers. Montessori Life, 26(2), 28–31.
In the contexts of early childhood centres, researchers found that the quantity of educator-talk to children during mealtime was related to the quality of their turn-taking efforts and question use.