Observe the child during play and daily routines.
No elicitation needed.
The child uses possessives.
Early childhood educators and parents can comment and ask simple questions to encourage short conversations about a topic. Reading books using dialogic strategies (i.e., joint ‘reading’ with comments and questions about the pictures and story) is helpful for learning to talk about a topic.
 North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015
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