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There
are words that attach to clothing (shirt,
sock, etc.) and words that attach to
body parts (foot, arm, etc.) and the
bedroom is a fine place to learn both.
Say the words aloud as clothes go on
and off. Nice, too, to tape a large
outline drawing of your child's silhouette
on the wall; then label the parts while
s/he watches. How delighted, the child
who places among the favorites on the
shelf, the book that they authored.
Supply four sheets of white paper, folded
and stapled together, book-style, and
let your youngster go to it. (Pre-schoolers
draw their stories and dictate captions;
older kids do both the pix and the patter.)
From time to time, give the bed-time
story ritual a new twist; stop just
short of the ending and let your every-loving
guess how it will all turn out. It's
a good way to build listening skills
and expand the imagination.
When is
a bedroom a "laundry math?"
When your child matches and counts socks,
or counts and folds sheets or separates
the undies from the shirts in it. "Sock
and clock," "bed and head"
- rhymes like these are all around the
bedroom. Rhyming games are nice to go
to sleep on and make for reading readiness. |
