One ball at a time
- Keep the balls with you and hand them over one at a time.
- Pause before each one so your child can ask with a reach, a sign or a word.
- Name what they asked for: "More!"
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Toy used: Super Ball Drop TowerFree activities
Where is your child right now?
Pick the stage that sounds most like your child today. It's fine to move back and forth.
- 1Getting readyLooking, waiting, taking turns
- 2First sounds & wordsSingle words and fun sounds
- 3Putting words togetherTwo- and three-word phrases
- 4Back and forthChoices, questions, short chats
- 5Other ways to talkSigns, pictures and AAC
Whoosh words
- Many kids make fun sounds before they say words.
- Use the same big sounds every time: "Whoosh!" "Up!" "Uh-oh!"
- Celebrate any sound your child copies.
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Toy used: Rocket BalloonsIn, up, out
- Say the same three words each time: "In… up… out!"
- After a few rounds, pause before "out".
- Let your child fill in the last word, in any way they can.
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Toy used: Air ToobzRound and round
- Say the same word every time a disc spins: "Spin!"
- After a few turns, hold a disc at the top and pause.
- Any sound or word from your child starts the spin. Then say it back: "Spin!"
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Toy used: Rainbow Spinning StackerWant a plan made for your child?
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