Read, Read, Read!

Reading books together with your children can be lots of fun, but books aren’t the only things to read. Sometimes it is fun to find other simple sources of print that will interest your toddler – things like signs on the street, cereal boxes and simple lists. Here is a fun activity you can do while you are attacking some typical household tasks.

What you need:
A small piece of cardboard or a file card
A pen, pencil or marker

Let’s Go

Before you start a chore around the house, make a short list of tasks involved in the chore. For example, if you are getting ready to fold laundry, make a list of a few items of clothing you will be folding. Show the list to your toddler, reading all the words on the list. Then, as you finish folding the items, help your toddler check off or cross off each item on the list.

You can make the same sort of list for preparing a meal, getting dressed in the morning, and, of course, shopping.

Article taken from Wonder Years – Volume IV, Issue 6
Activities by Janet Pletcher.