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Caroline
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Posted: June 08 2010 at 6:54pm | IP Logged Quote Caroline
My 6 year old son confuses "how" and some of the "wh" words. Like he'll say "How is that going to happen" when he means "when will x happen". And sometimes he'll say "how" when he means "why".

I'm not sure how to teach these concepts to him. I've explained "how" to roll a ball vs. "why" I would roll a ball to illustrate the point, but he still confuses them.

In general I'd like to work on him with his conversational/language skills, but I really don't know where to start.

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions/ideas.

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Posted: July 01 2010 at 8:49pm | IP Logged Quote rose gardens
Are those the only words he confuses? My son had problems understanding the meaning of a number of little words. It took me a long time before I caught on that he had a problem with them. This past year we used the "Catch a Star Workbooks" from Lindamood-Bell. They define common words, use them in simple sentences, they give the child a line to write a sentence using the word.

As to your particular question, I've seen remediation games and workbooks for the "5 W's" sold with special education teaching materials. I wonder if something like that might help? I've found special education materials at Remedia and Gander Publishing.

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