My cousin from Australia has lots of knowledge about kids and their cognitive development. He suggested these for me and I'm so encouraged to try them since his first recommendation went well. His first recommendation was to ask Breanna what she learned in school by putting in front of her a pad of paper with writing tool, then asking her to draw what she learned ~ even though her drawings look like a bunch of scribbles and symbols. It works so much better than to just plainly ask her what she learned because she wouldn't talk much since she's distracted with all else going on around her. The drawing puts her into focus and it's fun (as well as on of her many talents).
Here's more suggestions....
To increase Breanna's verbal speech or introduce her to the world of literacy, the two of you should write a song or poem about the day and keep it in her picture album as a memoir so that when she is older she can look at it and laugh and the both of you laugh in the future. Do the same with all your kids and tell the both of your baby girls that they were very talented. It's bonding / literacy development.
Either that idea or from those drawings, get her to tell you and David what each symbol means...and then get her to explain or show other people the same so that it builds self confidence. =) It really does help with communication skills.
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