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<b>Prep: None | Activity Time: 5鈥10 Minutes</b></p>\r\n<p>A fun way to see that your toddler really is learning a lot of language is to play games where he can show off all of the words he understands but cannot yet say.鈥 </p>\r\n"}} id=text-6c6feeee62 class=cmp-text>
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<b>Step 1:</b> Tell your toddler that you want to play a game with him and his favorite teddy bear. Sit down on the floor with the teddy bear in your lap and invite your child to sit down with you. </p>\r\n<p><b>Step 2:</b> Tell your child to listen to Teddy and do what he says. You can use your regular voice or change it to 鈥淭eddy鈥檚鈥 voice. <br>\r\n</p>\r\n<p><b>Step 3:</b> Here are some instructions you might try with your toddler: <br>\r\n</p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40.0px;\">Teddy says, "Touch your tummy." </p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40.0px;\">Teddy says, "Turn around." </p>\r\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40.0px;\">Teddy says, "Wiggle your fingers." </p>\r\n<p><b>Step 4: </b>After you say the instructions, you can do the motions with your child as a model. You can provide more language by saying something like 鈥淲e did it! We touched our tummies with our hands!鈥 or 鈥淲ow, you turned around really fast. I went slower so I wouldn鈥檛 get dizzy.鈥 This game can show you which words and instructions your child can understand even though he may not yet say them. <br>\r\n</p>\r\n"}} id=text-559e4a5805 class=cmp-text>
Step 1: Tell your toddler that you want to play a game with him and his favorite teddy bear. Sit down on the floor with the teddy bear in your lap and invite your child to sit down with you.听
Step 2: Tell your child to listen to Teddy and do what he says. You can use your regular voice or change it to 鈥淭eddy鈥檚鈥 voice.听
Step 3:听 Here are some instructions you might try with your toddler:听
Teddy says, "Touch your tummy."听
Teddy says, "Turn around."听
Teddy says, "Wiggle your fingers."听
Step 4: After you say the instructions, you can do the motions with your child as a model. You can provide more language by saying something like 鈥淲e did it! We touched our tummies with our hands!鈥 or 鈥淲ow, you turned around really fast. I went slower so I wouldn鈥檛 get dizzy.鈥 This game can show you which words and instructions your child can understand even though he may not yet say them.听