The candles are put in a special nine-branched candelabra known as a “menorah” (mih-NO-ra) or “chanukiah” (chan-oo-KEE-ya). It's so important to talk to your baby! With your help, her coos and gurgles will one day give way to words.As we near the end of Chanukah, I’m honored to share some thoughts about this holiday with all of you in Atlas Book Club.įor eight nights of Chanukah, we light candles, sing blessings and songs, eat potato pancakes called latkes (LAHT-kuhs) or other fried foods like donuts, play with a spinning top called a dreidel (DRAYD-uhl), eat chocolate coins (gelt), and some families give gifts, especially to kids. Play "peek-a-boo" and "pat-a-cake" with her. Vary your tone of voice, make funny faces, sing lullabies, and recite simple nursery rhymes. When she hears you name something over and over again, your child begins to connect the sound with what it means.ĭo things that interest your baby. Stop when she (or you) grows tired of the game.Ĭhange the game by touching the nose or ear and repeating the word for it several times. Ask, "Where's your nose?" Then touch her nose and say playfully, "There's your nose!" Do this several times, then switch to an ear or knee or tummy. Play simple talking and touching games with your baby. When you answer your child's sounds with sounds of your own, she learns that what she "says" has meaning and is important to you. You can always return to any activity later on.īabies love hearing your voice. Enjoyment is important! So, if you and your child don't enjoy one activity, move on to another. That desire to learn is a key to your child's later success. As your child grows older, the later activities let him do more."Īs a parent, you can help your child want to learn in a way no one else can. That is why in most of the activities we say, "The first activities. As he grows, you will gradually let go, and he will take more and more language steps on his own.
Just as you hold up your child when he's learning to walk, you will help him a lot when he's taking his first language steps. You'll see that your role in the activities will change, too. Don't consider them to be hard and fast rules. So use the ages as guides as your child learns and grows. And they don't suddenly stop doing one thing and start doing another just because they are a little older. Remember that children don't always learn the same things at the same rate.
From one activity to the next, we continue to talk about children at different stages: babies (birth to 1 year), toddlers (1 to 3 years), preschoolers (ages 3 and 4), and kindergartner/early first-graders (ages 5 and 6). Other things that you might need for these activities are not expensive.įor each set of activities, we give an age span that suggests when children should try them.
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What follows are ideas for language-building activities that you can do with your child to help her build the skills she needs to become a reader. Programs Activities - Helping Your Child Become a Reader
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