Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 20:36     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
Anonymous wrote:Speech and language pathologist here. Yes, adding -ed to past tense verbs is 100% normal! It’s called overgeneralization, and it slowly disappears as your child grows older. There are some irregular verbs that most children master by three (hit); but some that aren’t even typically mastered until age eight, such as sent, shook, and built.


OP here. Thanks! Very interesting. Yeah, my daughter will say “I builded a big tower!”
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 20:00     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
Very normal.

"We walked to the store and buyed the doll" shows that she has recognized the way that English created past tense verbs.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 19:35     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
Speech and language pathologist here. Yes, adding -ed to past tense verbs is 100% normal! It’s called overgeneralization, and it slowly disappears as your child grows older. There are some irregular verbs that most children master by three (hit); but some that aren’t even typically mastered until age eight, such as sent, shook, and built.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 19:26     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
Anonymous wrote:We did start correcting. Not sure on whether we should. Dd was developing a lisp and we worked hard on it in a nice, fun way. She started saying words right very quickly. Still does when we correct her. “Lellow” to yellow and “grill” to girl


Sigh. It was a sad day in our house when lellow became yellow.

Ed on all past tense words is typical.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 18:59     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
We did start correcting. Not sure on whether we should. Dd was developing a lisp and we worked hard on it in a nice, fun way. She started saying words right very quickly. Still does when we correct her. “Lellow” to yellow and “grill” to girl
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 18:56     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
OP here. Yeah it is pretty cute. We don’t correct her on some of her mispronunciations because they’re also adorable and we know she’ll grow out of them.

Example: drawing is drawling. “Mommy, can I do some drawling?”
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 18:48     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
That means she understands the rule for regular verbs.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 18:42     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
Yes my 4yo does this and I hope she never stops bc it’s adorable af
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 18:40     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
This is normal. First we learn the patterns, then we learn the exceptions.

Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 18:14     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
Yes! My almost 4 year old is just getting over this. We just correct and say the correct word.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 18:10     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
So cute.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 18:05     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
It's REALLY common. It's a good sign, because it means they are picking up the rule, even if they haven't learned all of the exceptions.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 18:05     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
Totally. Cracks me up. The English language can be so arbitrary and I enjoy watching their little brains try to make sense of it.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 18:03     Subject: Re:Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
My 5-year-old still asks about the day she was “borned.” She gets most of the rest of her verbs correct.
Anonymous
Post 08/12/2020 17:58     Subject: Adding “ed” to every past tense verb — anyone else’s 3.5 year old doing this?
I’m not worried about it — just wondering if anyone else’s kid does this. She adds “ed” to everything, even if it’s not right. For example, she said: “They already maded the birthday cake!”