My 2 Year Old Son?

Question

My 2 year old son has some speech problems and can be a very aggresive little boy. I sit down with him each day and try to work on his alphabets and numbers with him but I can't get him to show any interest in them. All he does is fight with me about it. I have had him looked at by a couple specialists and they say everything is fine with him except for his speech. They told me to start with the Flash Cards. I was just hoping to get another parents idea on how I can help him be more interested in them?? Please only serious answers.

If Anyone knows of any good sites that will give me some ideas that would help to thank you.

Answer 1

I agree that you should seek services of an early interventionist (special instructor and Speech therapist) I am a speech therapist working with birth to 3 yrs. It all depends on the program in your state, but set up a pediatric visit to get a referral for speech therapy or you can look in the phone book or online to find early intervention in your area.

I sounds like he might be becoming agressive becasue he can't tell you what he wants. You dont talk much about his skills, but he should be starting to put together 2 word sentences... like the answer above stated.

Alphabet and number flashcards might be too abstract for him. Without knowing what he needs to work on, its difficult to give suggestions. Start with photo cards (Baby Einstein has a couple of good series of cards with nice pictures) then move to color drowing sna line drawings. If you do need flashcards (to help with picture naming, or certain sounds) then choose his favorite toy/ game with parts/ pieces and give a piece everytime he completes the card task. This can be a puzzle, blocks, track piece for thomas train, stickers on a page... whatever motivates him!!

Or trying having him color cards to personlize them and make them his own

work in uncommon places/ novel ways (in the bath tub- in the car) I had a parent laminate some cards and put them in the bathtub to "fish for them." Most of my parent keep a set of sound cards in the visor of the car... say as many as you can til green light comes on! Check out the following websites for some sound cards and art/ craft ideas- the dltk site has reward charts too!!- SUPER COOL!

Answer 2

Get the alphabet heinz spaghetti. He won't be able to resist playing with them while he eats them. Buy the 'Love Heart Sweets' You could read out the messages for him. Make sure he has plenty of children's books in his bedroom.

BUT, you don't need to panic as he's only two-years-old. You can't speed up his learning.

Sometimes you're behind, sometimes you're ahead but it's not a race and at the end of the day he'll get there.

Personally, he sounds quite normal. I think I would be aggressive too if my mother was showing more 'Flash Cards' than 'Flashy Cars'.

His speech is fine. Those specialists sound a bit iffy! He's 2 years old. Let him speak how he wants. If he knows right from wrong and gives you hugs, then that should be enough for most parents.

Just my opinion though.

Good luck!

Answer 3

I'm not surprised that he's not interested in numbers and alphabet...he's 2 and your forcing him! Children learn best at their own pace in a fun learning environment rather than being forced to do thing that don't want to do.
What is your child interested in? If it's trains, line up his trains and count them together as a learning experience...remember he's 2! Get some magnetic alphabet letters/numbers to put on the fridge for him to experiment and explore at his own pace.
Most speech therapist don't start therapy with children until they are at least 3 years old and this would depend on the type of speech problem he has.
The best thing for you to do is to READ to your child every day...several times a day. Don't copy his babbling on baby words, pronounce words clearly and slowly and encourage (don't force) him to repeat them. Flash cards could be a good idea but i really don't think he will be interested unless you try and make it a fun activity. Hope this helps!

Answer 4

At 2 years old we discovered that our son had a speech delay. In Wisconsin, they have a program called "Birth to 3" which helps families with children that have special issues to receive help with them. Our insurance wouldn't pay for a speech therapist unless it was some sort of serious problem. Birth to 3 then got us set up with a Behavioral Health lady who came into our home to work with our son on certain issues that involved his aggression due to his speech delay. We also saw a speech therapist 2-3 times a week. We only paid $25 a month for the service. It was a Godsend. Now, he has been in Early Childhood School 3 times a week in the mornings where he works with a speech therapist and has other children around him that have similar issues.

One major thing that did help him when he wasn't able to say what it was that he wanted was to do baby signs. I started them at 2 and it helped ease his frustration a lot. He is almost 4 now and is much better than where he was at due to all the help he received.

I would definatly talk with someone at the Health and Human Services Dept in your County about these kinds of programs. It is better to do it earlier in life rather than later in life when they are in elementary school and struggling. Good luck!

Answer 5

My son doesnt like to set down with paper or even flash cards to learn the alphabet. We would take one letter and go over it and over it for a while but with paint, play doh, cookie doh, etc. Even if he doesn't want to do it you can make the letter shape in the play doh and show it to him. Show him over and over and he will pick up on it. Read books to him and take him to the library and let him help you pick some out. I got my kids the handheld leapsters for Christmas and their favorite 2 games are letters on the loose and numbers on the run. THey are very educational but since he is only 2 these may be too advanced for him. The recommended age is 4 but my 3 year old can do it. that may be something to think about in the future. I would not push him because that will just cause him to be more stubborn about it. get him coloring books and washable markers even if he scribbles he is building hand strength.
Noggin.com has some online preschool games but at 2 he may not be ready for that either. Fisherprice.com has more for the younger kids.
He will get it. dont worry to much. :-)

Answer 6

My son used to do the same thing. Anytime I would sit down and want try to teach him something half the time he would get mad at me because he wanted to do it his way not mine. Which his way was usually just wanting to line the flash cards up and drive his hot wheels on them. Anyway he is almost 4 now and been is preschool since August and it has helped him so much there. He will sit and listen to the teacher, interact when she asks questions, and he is even getting better at home when I try to show him new things. I think it's just kids know how to push their parents buttons and get there way and once they go to school they learn how other kids do. So I recommend trying preschool even if for now it is only for half a day. Good Luck!

Answer 7

You can have your child evaluated by the local Early Start program. You can call the school districts special education office to see who does Early Intervention service in your area, sometimes it's the school district. These services are free of charge. The program will do a developmental evaluation and then according to his needs, if there are any, a plan will be written and services will be started.

FYI: A 24 month old child should be saying at least 30 word and have some 2 word phrases. they should be able to identify pictures in a book by pointing when you ask, and follow simple instruction such as "Go get your shoes". If you son is doing these things then he is fine.

The IDEA act is a law that requires services to be provided. Early Intervention is covered under Part C of this law.

Answer 8

My son was VERY quiet when he was around two. His nickname forever was Eeyore because of this. Sign on to PBSkids.org. This helped us, kept his attention and he TALKED AND TALKED while playing the games on here. Some games cannot be accomplished with out some sort of communication between parent and child. Hang in there, he IS ONLY two. Kids outgrow a lot. Also if he has any neighbors a year or two older that can play with him would help. Children interacting together can learn so much.

Answer 9

My son is 2 years and 8 months. a friend gave me a dvd called the Letter factory. They also ahve leapster a little mini handheld game that has a a cartidge of the Letter Factory. He LOVES it. He does it when he wants to and ofcourse watches the video. My oldest who has overcome many many delays also learned that way. I tried so many ways but them doing it on their own was successful for them.

Answer 10

don't push him to much or by the time he starts school he will hate it. just read to him , show him the flash cards, have him watch educational programs like sesame street, and enjoy him while hes still little. sooner or later he will show interest in learning especially when he is with his peers that know more then he does.