My son was given goal to describe the pictures. But when I
tried he didn’t find it interesting. Since I feel the pictures we take from
books, newspapers or from his picture books are not very appealing to him. One day when he was seeing some printed
photographs that we had developed, he said “walking-hotel”. That particular photograph was taken around
a lake when we were on vacation and we walked around it and went to a nearby
eatery.
The incident triggered me to use photos for achieving the
goal of describing the picture. For
example, there is a photo -where my son and husband standing in the beach. With
this he himself can say –standing, beach,
water, birds. It also encouraged him to answer “wh” (Why, What, Which)
questions. Also he was usually stuck with one word. With photos we could encourage him to talk in
sentences. Also on seeing the photos he can recollect the past. I have started this recently only. Also the
places where any families does not got often like beach, waterfalls etc can be
remembered by the child easily by looking at the photos. Also it helps my child remember relatives,
people we visit and their relationship by looking at family photographs.
Also special occasions like birthdays, festivals come once
in a year. My kid revels in these kind
of occasions. Printed photographs help him revel in those memories and also to
make him ready for the occasion when it comes again.
I want to conclude using photos taken in common places like
parks, restaurants, malls, vacation places, special occasions and relative’s
places are very useful for my son to build communication, understanding and
memory about the past .
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