Category: Language and Literacy

  • Drawing a Line

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to use writing utensils and draw a line.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Tape a piece of paper to the table and let me explore making marks with crayons.
    2. Make a vertical line on the paper
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  • What, Where, When?

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to ask questions using “What,” “Where,” and “When.”

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Throughout the day, try giving me lots of examples of questions that start with “What,” “Where,” and “When.”
    2. If I ask a question
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  • Opposite Words

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to compare things using opposite words

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Throughout the day, help give me examples of two opposite words. 
    2. Some ideas for Up/Down:
      • Say “Up” with each step we take while walking upstairs,
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  • Saying More and More Words

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to add more words to their spoken vocabulary

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Throughout the day, name lots of objects, actions, foods, and people. Give me a chance to imitate you.
    2. Talk out loud during everyday
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  • Naming Objects

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to answer a question with a word they know

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Think of a word I can say. Point to that object and ask “What’s that?”
    2. If I’m learning a new word, ask
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  • Laughs and Chuckles

    Your Child Will Learn

    To communicate feelings of pleasure and delight

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Let’s discover games that make me laugh. Here are some ideas to try:
      • Nuzzling my tummy with your face
      • Playing ‘pat-a-cake’ with my hands or
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  • Helping You Dress Me

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to be helpful when you’re getting me dressed; names of body parts and clothing items

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Dress or undress me slowly when you’re not in a hurry. Give me opportunities for me
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  • Dramatic Play with Dolls

    Your Child Will Learn

    To act out my own feelings and practice conversations with dolls

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather dolls, action figures, puppets, and stuffed animals to play with. Help me find simple pretend or real props to use
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  • Hide and Seek Rooms

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to respond to spoken information, and vocabulary words for rooms in our house

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Throughout the day, talk about the names of the rooms we’re in. Ask me to find things or
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  • Turning Pages

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to turn book pages one at a time (and explore a book on their own)

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Read a board book with me (one with thick cardboard pages). Encourage me to turn one
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