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<li>[[Helping Children Who Are Deaf:Chapter 3: Guidelines for teaching language|Chapter 3: Guidelines for teaching language]]</li>
  <li>[[Helping Children Who Are Deaf:Chapter 3: Guidelines for teaching language#Communicate as much as you can|Communicate as much as you can]]</li>
  <li>[[Helping Children Who Are Deaf:Fitting activities into your family’s daily life|Fitting activities into your family’s daily life]]</li>
  <li>[[Helping Children Who Are Deaf:Many people can help do these activities|Many people can help do these activities]]</li>
  <li>[[Helping Children Who Are Deaf:Suggestions for helping your child learn|Suggestions for helping your child learn]]</li>	
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It is important to think about how to support your child's development in ways that make sense for your family. Some of the activities in this book will take extra time to do or may change the way you usually do things.

Your child will learn better when teaching becomes a part of everyday activities.
* Talk or sign to your child while you do activities together, like eating, bathing, changing clothes, and so on. These are good times to talk and sign because you are close to your child and he is usually paying attention to you.

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<td><div class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; height:250px; width: 310px;">[[Image:HCWD_Ch3_Page_22-1.png|center|310px|alt=A young girl shows her younger brother how to plant beans.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 185px; top: 6px; left: 50px;">If we take good care of the bean plants, they will grow big and strong.</div>
<div style="position: absolute; width: 115px; top: 103px; left: 125px;">Big!</div>
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<td style="padding-bottom:20px;"><div style="position: relative; height:260px; width: 275px; font-style: italic; line-height: 110%;top:30px;">[[Image:HCWD_Ch3_Page_22-2.png|center|200px|center|alt=A woman signing to her small child.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 115px; top: 10px; left: 167px;">Shirt.</div>
<div style="position: absolute; width: 260px; top: 202px; left: 45px;">''Lihua's mother is using<br> home signs to communicate.''</div></div></td>
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To describe what you do, use the same signs or words for the same things, each time. This will help your child learn the meaning of signs and words, and help him to [[Helping_Children_Who_Are_Deaf:Preparing_a_child_to_use_signs_and_to_speak|use signs and&nbsp;words]].
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<div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; height:250px; width: 405px;  float:right;">[[Image:HCWD_Ch3_Page_22-3.png|center|290px|alt=A woman signing to her small child.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 135px; top: 9px; left: 98px;text-align:left; ">Are you hungry? Can you smell the rice? Mmm!</div>
<div style="position: absolute; width: 400px; top: 205px; left:30px;">''Cesar's mother is using sign language to communicate.''</div></div>
* As much as possible, keep your child nearby while you work. Make many short comments about what you are doing.

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<div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; height:290px; width: 445px; float:right;">[[Image:HCWD_Page_23-1.png|center|290px|alt=A boy speaking to his younger brother.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 90px; top: 12px; left: 83px;">Yuck!<br> Don't like spinach...</div>
<div style="position: absolute; width: 310px; top: 195px; left:70px; text-align: left; line-height:110%;text-align:center;">''Jawad's cousin is using words and expressions on the face to communicate.''</div></div>
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* Talk and sign about what you think your child is seeing, doing, and feeling, as if you were him. Show your feelings on your face and with your body.
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<div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; height:200px; width: 350px; float:right;">[[Image:HCWD_Ch3_Page_23-2.png|left|240px|center|alt=A woman and her small child put a pineapple in a basket.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 105px; top: 10px; left: 10px;">A pineapple! What else do we need?</div></div>
* Follow the child's interests. Make activities using&nbsp;things your child is interested in.
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=== Be realistic ===
* Try to be realistic about how much time you and others can spend working with your child.

<div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; height:160px; width: 420px;  float:right; right:20px;margin-left:30px;">[[Image:HCWD_Ch3_Page_23-3.png|left|420px|alt=A woman thinking as she weaves.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 175px; top: 22px; left: 219px;">When I weave, I can talk about colors, and Teresa will learn the names of colors when she gives<br> me the thread.</div>
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* Try to adapt activities so they fit more easily into your daily life and take less time.


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* Try breaking large tasks into smaller, easier steps. This way you will see progress and not get discouraged.


<div  class{{=}}speechbub style="position: relative; height:150px; width: 625px; top:-30px;">[[Image:HCWD_Ch3_Page_23-4.png|center|550px|alt=2 women sit and speak together; a small child sits nearby.]]
<div style="position: absolute; width: 135px; top: 12px; left: 50px;">I want Ravi to learn to say his name.</div>
<div style="position: absolute; width: 130px; top: 8px; left: 445px; line-height: 110%;">Why not start with each separate sound first—like "Ra" and "vi"?</div>
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