Beginning Communicators

A beginning communicator is starting to send messages, but relies on the people around them to interpret those messages.   Your child might communicate these messages using nonverbal ways such as gestures (e.g., pointing, leading by the hand, giving objects, or sign language), facial expressions, body movements, looking, making sounds, and maybe some word approximations.  It is important to acknowledge these forms of communication.   The way in which you respond to these nonverbal messages from your child will give meaning to those messages.  The content of this section will provide you with strategies you can use to support your Beginning Communicator at home.