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The Story Teller
Contact the public library in your area to find out when they have a children’s
story time where the librarian reads to a small group.
Take your toddler to the library before the story hour begins.
Find the board and picture books in the children’s area and let your toddler look
through them as long as she is interested.
When the story time begins, invite your child to sit with you and listen to the
librarian read or tell a story.
When your child gets restless listening to the story, ask if she would like to go
back to get some books to take home to read.
Let her pick one or two books that you will check out and share together.
Play Dough or Puzzles?
Tell your child when it is time to clean up after a meal.
Give your child a simple clean-up task such as wiping his face with a cloth or
helping to sponge off the highchair tray.
Tell him that after clean up it will be playtime.
Ask your child “Do you want play dough or puzzles?”
Set up the materials he has chosen for playtime on a low table or on a tray.
Sit with your child and use words to talk about what the child is doing.
For example, say “You are using your hand to pound the play dough. It is getting
flat.” or “Where does the truck piece fit? Can you turn it around like this?”
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