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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 4.5 year old was happy in a preschool class, and then they moved him to a different, new class because they decided to divide the classes between how long the kids stay. In the new class, there was only one other boy, who is has delays and can only say a handful of words, like butt, and makes these weird noises with his mouth. My kid and this kid have become friends but now my kid, who can speak just fine, now only makes those weird noises with his mouth, spits like the other kid, and every other word is butt. I told the school to put him back in the original class and they said no, and it’s gotten really bad the past few days where my kid is just talking nonsense like a baby and making these noises. I’ve tried time out, I am at my wits end. What would you do?![/quote]

You are over complicating this. You don’t understand what he is saying or trying to communicate. Tell him that. Every time he makes these noises:

“I don’t understand you.”
“Speak clearly. I don’t know what you are trying to say.”

Again and again. Explain that his friend makes the noises because he can’t speak clearly yet. And that since he CAN speak clearly, he need to do so.

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I'd go further and explain the his friend is LEARNING to say words clearly, and he can help his friend to learn by speaking clearly and using his words.  So, while your friend makes those sounds which mean words to him, you use words, and your friend is trying to learn those.  so remember to use your words so me, your teachers and your friend can understand and your friend can learn.  [/quote]

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