Category: Car/Bus

  • 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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  • Pointing to Communicate

    Your Child Will Learn

    That pointing is a good way to communicate

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Play a pointing game with me. Ask me where a nearby object is, then pause and see if I’ll point to it. If I
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  • Public Transport Adventure

    Your Child Will Learn

    Vocabulary about transportation and their community

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Plan a trip for your child to experience riding public transportation, like a bus, train, tram, light rail, or ferry.
    2. Describe all parts of the trip
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  • Music All Around Us

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to recognize music in the world around us

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Begin in a relatively quiet environment indoors or outside.
    2. Walk around and notice the sounds that you hear (birds chirping, horns honking, faucet
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  • More or Less?

    Your Child Will Learn

    Comparing the amounts of two groups of objects

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Wherever you are (home, playground, bus, store, etc.), direct your child’s attention to compare groups of objects. Try to find groups with 5 items
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  • Fast and Slow Music

    Your Child Will Learn

    That music has different speeds (tempos)

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Play some music, perhaps while in the car. Hand your child a tissue and tell them to wave the tissue to the speed of the music.
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