Question: “What is this?”
(1) Establish a situation for the question.
Phrase 1: (a structured environment) Arrange the vocabulary cards that the child is familiar with on the table, put the cards that children have already recognized in front and the ones not familiar with at the back. Ask the child to say out the name of each image. Whenever the child can speak out the name correctly, just take the card away. Repeat the above steps until you have completed all the cards on the desk. When the child cannot say the name of the card, provide a demonstration and ask, “What is this?” To help children, let them repeat the problem and gradually fade the assistance.
Phrase 2: Come up with some objects that children do not understand and make opportunities for them to ask questions.
Phrase 3: Place some objects that child knows or does not know at home. Ask the child to tell you what he sees so as to establish the opportunity for him to ask questions.
Phrase 4: Read with the child. Ask the child to tell you what he sees or you can point to the object the child does not know, the ask him to ask questions.
(2) Give rewards
The best and most natural reward is giving the answer because that is the main purpose of asking a question. For some children, in the early stages of training, you can use the token system. After the child asks a question, give him a token and provide comments like “good asking!” Then tell the child the answer.
Question: “Where is the (object / person)?”
(1) Establish a situation for the question
Phrase 1: Put the object somewhere that the child cannot see, and then ask the child to find the object.
Phrase 2: Show cards of different places. The card includes places that children know and do not know. Ask the child to tell you the name of the place.
Phrase 3: Ask the child to give something to a person and that person is not in the same room.
Phrase 4: Give the child an instruction which he needs to complete by asking questions. For example, hide the scissors first, then ask the child to use the scissors to cut out stars on the paper. Therefore, the child needs to ask, “Where is the scissors?” This completes the instruction
(2) Giving rewards
The best and the most natural reward is giving the answer because that is the main purpose of asking question. For some children, in the early stages of training, you can use the token system, after the child asks a question, give him a token and provide comments like, “good asking!” Then tell the child where the person is or object.
Question: “Who is this?”
(1) Establish a situation for the question
Phrase 1: (a structured environment): Arrange pictures of people that the child is familiar with on the table. Put the pictures that the child has already recognized in front and the ones not familiar with at the back. Ask the child to point at and say out the name of person in each picture. Whenever the child says the correct name, take the pictures away. Repeat the above steps until you have completed all the photos on the desk.
Phrase 2: Show different pictures of people, including pictures of children the child knows and does not know. Ask your child to identify the name of the person from each photo.
Phrase 3: There are unknown people in the room and ask the child to identify these people.
Phrase 4: Ask the child to say, “Hi to a teacher relative/friend he does not know.
(2) Give rewards
The best and the most natural reward is giving the answer because that is the main purpose of asking question. For some children, in the early stages of training, you can use the tokens system, after the child asks a question, give him a token and provide comments like, “good asking!” Then tell the child who is the person.
Question: “Is it this one?”
(1) Establish a situation for the question
Place several identical objects at the training environment (they can be exactly the same/ different colors/different sizes). Ask the child to get the item to you. The child should point the object and ask, “Is it this one?”
(2) Give rewards
The best and the most natural reward is giving the answer because that is the main purpose of asking question. For some children, in the early stages of training, you can use the tokens system, after the child asks a question, give him a token and provide comments like, “good asking!” Then tell the child it is right.
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