Kids learn when they are taught. When talking to your children and their just learning language you can help build it by adding on to their sentences. When your chid points and says “car go,” you can respond by saying “yes, that’s right, RED CAR IS GOING,” or “I SEE THE CAR GO.” Kids learn best by imitation and repetition. I remember my teacher always mentioning to us “repetition is the hallmark of education.” It is true! We learn best by repeating something over and over, until it becomes second nature. When playing blocks with your child, teach them propositions by saying: “put red block on top,” “give me the yellow block that’s behind the blue one,” “put red block in the box,” “the green block is under the red block,” “take all the blocks out of the box” and so on. You can work on colors, propositions, following directions and your spending time with your kids all at the same time. You can even work on sizes by having different size blocks: “give me the small green block.”

You can work on propositions, sizes, colors, sounds and names when playing with farm toys and farm animals: “the big brown cow is next to the pony, they’re eating and playing on the grass, the doggie is playing with her puppies in the basket,” etc. Notice, you’re modeling correct grammar using present tenses, possessives and also working on what “baby animals” are called.
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If your child likes to play with cars, you can do the same type of activities where you’re working on colors, sizes, propositions, and also speed. The key is finding what your child likes and interests them enough to want to participate in the game. Once you’ve gotten their attention with their favorite toy, they’re all yours and ready to learn!!!