Baby Messenger
This helps foster your child's language development. Complete this activity while your toddler and you are interacting with another person. Ask your child to deliver a spoken message to the other person and clearly specify what you want her to say. The
Opens a guided voice session in TogetherTime.
What you'll need
This helps foster your child's language development.
How it works
- 1~30s
Alright, let's get started! The purpose of this activity is to foster your child's language development. Therefore, we'll be focusing on the linguistic developmental area, specifically first words. you, watch your child closely — I'd love to hear what you notice about how they responds.
Watch for: Little One repeat words overheard in conversation.
- 2~30s
Great, now let's try the next part. Take this activity while your toddler and you are interacting with another person. Ask your child to deliver a spoken message to the other person, and clearly specify what you want him or her to say. Tell me what your child does — any reaction counts!
Watch for: Little One say at least one word with meaning, like saying 'hi' or 'coo' for 'cookie.'.
- 3~30s
One more thing to try. The message should be short. Praise all of your child's efforts to deliver the spoken message. This activity will continue to stimulate your toddler's language development, teaching him or her to actively use words in appropriate situations. Use Canadu to stimulate growth in your child every day. How does your child handle this? What do you see?
Watch for: Little One copy animal sounds.