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Expresses thoughts with sounds, words,
and gestures (expressive language)
Can You Guess?
Walk Talk
While taking a walk, pick up a few things from the ground and put them in a paper
bag. Add a few leaves, rocks, a flower that fell off its stem, twigs, or a pinecone.
When you return home take the items from the bag and talk about your walk.
Ask your child questions about where he found each item.
Put the items back in the bag and let your child use them to tell someone else
about your walk.
The Cat’s Out of the Bag
Fill a pillowcase with several stuffed animals such as a cat, dog, bear, elephant, and
horse.
Invite your child to close her eyes and choose an animal.
With her eyes open, ask her to describe the animal. Help as needed. For example,
“The cat has a long tail, fluffy, soft fur, pointy ears, and shiny eyes.”
If your child has seen a real animal like the one she chose, ask her to talk about
it. For example,“Aunt Kathy has a cat. What is its name? What does Yoda like to
do?” or “We saw an elephant at the zoo. What did it look like?”
Continue with the other animals.
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Act out simple actions, without talking, and see if your child can guess what
you are doing.
Some simple actions might be brushing teeth, going to sleep, getting dressed,
crying, drinking, eating, swimming, and dancing.
Next, let your child have a turn acting out something for you to guess.
This would be fun for a few children and adults to do together.
Inside, Outside, Upside, Down
Get a box and put a few of your child’s favorite small toys inside.
Ask your child to take the items out of the box and put them on the table.
Now, ask him to turn the box upside down.
Ask him to put the items in different locations. A few examples are: Put the airplane
on top of the box. Put the puppy next to the airplane. Make the airplane fly
over the puppy and land behind the box.