Talk2Me lessons include all the first-year skills you will use to teach your child to speak and listen.

Listening is where we begin as all children learn to speak by listening to spoken languages. Listening classes start with the basic understanding you will need to support your child’s listening skills. You will learn about:
• Your own child’s hearing loss,
• The importance of wearing devices all waking hours…”Eyes open, Ears on”,
• What to do before your child has hearing devices.
• How hearing devices allow a child to hear spoken language, and
• How to build their understanding of the sounds and language that they hear.

Receptive Language is the language that a child understands. You will learn to recognize when your child understands names, words and phrases. This is the all-important first step for children as they learn to talk. You will learn:
• to recognize the first words and phrases your child understands
• how to teach new words and phrases

Expressive Language is the words and phrases your child says. These lessons will help you:
• recognize the first words your child is saying
• use teaching strategies to encourage your child to talk

Speech includes all the sounds in words. You will learn:
• the importance of your child’s babble and vocal play
• the hierarchy of speech sounds development
• how children combine speech sounds to say words

Cognition is how your child’s thinking skills develop. Talk2Me lessons use strategies that are based on your child’s cognitive development. These lessons help you recognize what your child is learning through their play and how you can use their play to teach language.

Pragmatics explains the role of language in your child’s developing social skills and communication success.