Our 50 Most Frequently Asked Questions (continued)

41. My wife and I are both educated professionals. Our twelve year old daughter gets a rich vocabulary at home and she attends a very good school. Yet she speaks in simple sentences. She never uses words that I'm sure she knows. What more can we do to improve her vocabulary?

42. My ten year old uses strange sentences sometimes. For instance, today I asked him to clean up his room. An hour later I asked him again, assuming he hadn't done it yet. He answered to say, "I still cleaned it." I guess he meant he 'already' cleaned it. At ten I think he should use the right word in a simple sentence like this? Should I be worried?

 43. My nine year old is a good reader but I'm not sure he understands what he's reading. He reads Harry Potter books and when I ask him what's happening in his story he just says, "Nothing."

 44. My husband reads a lot with my seven year old. He's worried that she doesn't seem to follow the story line. Last night he was reading a sentence that said, "And the little frog and the little dog became friends for life." When we were putting her to bed I asked her how she liked the story and she said, "Ruffy (our dog) hates frogs too." She seemed to miss the fact that they became friends at the end of the story. Is this common for her age?

 45. I've been playing your connections game with my six year old. Some of her answers are pretty far fetched. For cat--dog she answered, "They both go to school."

46. I have a question about your game 'Using Opposites' in your book "How to Raise Your Child's Verbal Intelligence". For 'man' my son said 'boy'. My husband explained to him that the opposite of man is woman. I don't think he gets it though. Later he said the opposite of 'dry' is 'wash'.

 47. My eight year old has trouble understanding some books. Can you recommend any simple books with short sentences?


48. I'm a fourth grade teacher. I'm using your book 'How to Raise Your Child's Verbal Intelligence'. How often and for how long should we do the lessons. Do you suggest full class or small group?

49. I've just finished reading your book 'How to Raise Your Child's Verbal Intelligence'. Should my child be writing down the assignments, or should we do them orally?

50. How long does it take to get through the Language Wise Lessons?

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