Category: Communication

  • Neighborhood Walk and Talk

    Your Child Will Learn

    Varied vocabulary which is beneficial for language development.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Take your baby on a walk around your neighborhood or a shopping center.
    2. Talk about everything you see: people, buildings, animals, vehicles, and objects.
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  • On the Floor

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to play with toys and interact with people

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find a time when your baby is calm, alert, and ready to play.
    2. Lay your baby on a blanket with toys (baby toys,
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  • Let’s Cook Together

    Your Child Will Learn

    Food and cooking vocabulary

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Describe to your baby what you’re going to cook. Talk about each step as you complete it.
    2. Show your baby different ingredients and kitchen tools. Name the items
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  • Talk and Change

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to have a “conversation”

    Here’s What to Do

    1. As you go through the diapering routine, describe each step to your baby as you do them.
    2. Keep eye contact with your baby, asking and answering your
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  • May I Take Your Order, Please?

    Your Child Will Learn

    To communicate effectively to help others get what they need

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Invite your child to play a restaurant game at the beginning of dinner. They’ll be the server, and they need to take
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  • Grocery List Games

    Your Child Will Learn

    Using vocabulary to share ideas

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Invite your child to help make your grocery list.
    2. Talk about the types of food you eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. With your child, determine
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  • Listening Rules

    Your Child Will Learn

    The 4 rules to prepare themselves for listening

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Talk about rules you both follow at work, at school, and in your home.
    2. Teach your child these 4 listening rules and invite them
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  • Bilingual Word Chart

    Your Child Will Learn

    Communication of words in different languages

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Cut-out 4-5 pictures from magazines and newspapers or print pictures from the internet (picture examples: water, foods, facial expressions, body parts, animals, etc.)
    2. Glue the pictures
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  • Sentence Hunter

    Your Child Will Learn

    Use simple words to form sentences with words in the proper order

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Create a variety of word strips by writing simple nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives on small strips of paper that
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  • Simon Says Clean Up

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to help clean up

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Tell your child that you’re going to play a game of “Simon Says.” You’re going to be Simon, and whatever you say to clean up, your child
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