Spring has sprung!
I love the start of a new year, a new season, a new month...they all bring opportunities for new themes and new vocabulary! With spring here, i'm reminded of plants/seeds, weather, and bugs. One of my favorite games is an oldie, but a goodie...Cootie! This is a game of my childhood and I am happy to share it with previous clients and my own kids. It is rich with opportunities for language growth. Here are just a few ways you can use this game in your home to help your little one expand his semantic (vocabulary), syntactic (sentence) and pragmatic language. - taking turns ("my turn" "your turn" "mommy's turn" "(child's name) turn") - naming body parts (eyes, mouth, legs, foot, ears, antennae, head, body) - naming clothing parts (hat, bow, shoe, skate) - descriptive language (silly, crazy, pretty, big, little, colors) - counting (the numbers on the die, numbers of legs) - modeling language to label the pieces yo