The main reason my son is having an explosion of vocabulary at 32 months.

My son has an expansive vocabulary. I don’t count words and I don’t compare him to others. I don’t look at where he ‘should be’. But I know for a fact that his vocabulary is incredibly broad.

There is a reason for this. Well actually there are a few reasons for this. But the main reason is that he has read over 1000 books since birth. We are incredibly fortunate that Joshua’s grandmother is a reading recovery specialist and she provides us with hundreds of books. Obviously Joshua is also very fortunate because myself and his father also provide him with hundreds of books. He has been exposed to a variety of genres and variety of books since he was born.

We started reading all sort of books to him since he was born. We read physical books but we also read online books.

I can safely say that he is obsessed with books.

He does have his top 5 favourites which are the ones we read all the time. But he does also just love listening to us read to him for pleasure. He hasn’t gone one night without us reading him at least one book. In the car, there is always an audio book on. If I am cooking, I always have an audio book on for him. Every morning, I have a selection of books laid out for him to choose.

At 32 months, he can sustain a full conversation with me. He speaks in full sentences and he understands me when I use words that I don’t even think he would know yet! His recall memory is exceptional.

His vocabulary has well and truly exploded.

The other reason for this vocabulary explosion is that we are constantly talking to him and he is constantly talking to us. Sometimes he even talks to himself!

So if you’re looking to expand your child’s vocabulary, read to them and read to them consistently. And remember that you don’t even have to spend a penny if you don’t want to! We have amazing libraries!