What you can practice
- Building and naming with blocks or materials.
- Reading picture books together and talking about the pictures.
- Exploring outdoors and describing what they see or feel.
- Playing with friends and negotiating ideas.
Try a phrase
Your child is pouring water outside.
- Where is the water going?Questions tied to what they are doing help them connect words to action and keep the conversation going.
Practice on your own
- Join one play session and follow their lead.
- Name what they are doing and ask one question.
- Look for the same kind of play language at school and at home.