Story Time Chat — Talking in Sentences
Parent reads or tells a simple story and pauses for child to fill in, narrate, or comment using full sentences. Agent guides parent to observe sentence length, grammatical complexity, and narrative ability through a natural book-sharing interaction.
Opens a guided voice session in TogetherTime.
What you'll need
Parent and preschooler with a familiar picture book. Comfortable reading position — lap, couch, or bed.
How it works
- 1~20s
Before you start reading the words, open to a page with a good picture and ask your child: 'What's happening in this picture?' Don't point to anything specific — just let your child describe what they sees. Tell me what your child says, as close to word-for-word as you can.
Watch for: produces_sentences_of_three_plus_words
- 2~20s
Now read a couple of pages, then stop before a key moment and ask: 'What do you think happens next?' This gets your child thinking and talking in sentences about something that hasn't happened yet. What does your child predict?
Watch for: uses_sentences_to_predict
- 3~20s
After finishing a page, ask your child a 'why' question about the story: 'Why is the bunny sad?' or 'Why did the bear go to the cave?' 'Why' questions require the longest answers. What does your child say?
Watch for: answers_why_questions_in_sentences
- 4
Last thing — close the book and say: 'Can you tell me what the story was about?' See if your child can retell any part of the story. Even one event is great. How does they do?
Watch for: retells_story_events