Five Language Builders
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Here are a handful of easy vocabulary-boosting tips from Pam Watts, director of Creative Bridges, a cooperative preschool in Phoenix.
Name It: Use everything around you as an opportunity. "When you're at the grocery store, say the name of every item you put in your cart, and see if your child can say them too," suggests Watts. Do the same thing at home; even cooking and cleaning can become a chance for your child to learn.
Storybook Add-ons: When you're reading to your child, stop to comment on the story and point out elements that aren't part of it-what a character is wearing, for example.
Face the Music: "Play music in the car," recommends Watts. "Kids will hear the words in the songs-and you have a captive audience!"
Rhyme Time: "Rhyming helps with phonics and reading later on," Watts says. She suggests that you make up silly phrases that combine your child's name and nonsense words, such as, "Here comes Tyler miler!"
Who's Who?: If you have a group of toddlers over for a play group, ask them to sit in a circle with a ball. As each child rolls the ball to any one of the other children, she says the name of the recipient.