More words at nursery than home

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As above basically, I usually hear it's the other way round. Anyone got any insight?

I think it's a bit of both with mine. They occasionally say she's come out with things I didn't know she knew and her speech definitely blossomed when starting nursery. However they"ve just completed a review for mine and noted she talks in 'simple sentences' and used a 3 word sentence as evidence.... She has definitely done more than this for several months so either she doesn't talk as much at nursery or they're downplaying it a bit so they can look like they're making great progress with her lol. Either way i don't think it's anything to be concerned about. Kids are all different. I think some feel more need to talk at nursery to socialise etc

Thanks for replying how old is your daughter and is she speaking much or a bit or what's the situation and how long has she been at nursery?

She's 33MO. Speaking loads and in long sentences with I think good vocabulary but perhaps not quite as 'chatty' as some kids her age eg she will talk in snippets about what she's done in a day but won't 'tell stories' as such and clams up a bit around people she doesn't know

My little boy will be 3 in March and has words but no sentences 🙈

My friend said to me today it's prob cos he is relaxed and having fun at nursery and no pressure whereas with me I'm anxious and I do try hard not to be and I try to be fun but if just doesn't come naturally to me 🙈

Does anyone have any insight or anything for me pls?

I think just relax like your friend said. It's so hard I know. I've been really uptight since lockdown. I'm off 2 days a week with my monkey and I just don't feel like I do enough to stimulate her. Pre lockdown was easier because she was younger and more 'baby like' and we went to groups etc which took up a fair chunk of the day. You know what though I've just stopped thinking about it so much and just had fun with her. Yesterday we spent almost all afternoon in the woods talking about anything and everything and it was amazing and I'm pretty sure she thought so too. It's hard to give specific advice as you haven't really said how old your LO is and where she's at with talking but I still think start with relaxing. Sometimes we feel soooo pushed to chase milestones that we forget that in this crazy messed up world we first and foremost need to be their safe space xx

I said above that he's 3

I meant to say almost 3, read my responses above

Sorry I missed that. And what do nursery think his speech is like?

Nursery are working together with SALT and say that he's confident anc have told me when he says words etc

Sometimes at home they become a bit lazy- you will be so in tune with his needs that he may not actually feel the need to verbally communicate.

So, for example if he wants a drink/snack you need to get him to ask for exactly what he wants. hard, but you have to pretend you don't know what he wants.
The walk in the woods as mentioned above works well to as it's more relaxed... side-by-side talking apposed to face-to-face.