Skill· 2y–3y· 2 min
What can you see?
Encourage your child's language development by exploring picture books together, focusing on illustrations rather than reading the text. Ask questions about images, settings, characters, colors, and emotions.
Free to do together whenever you like.
How it works
The 4-step guide, with what to look for at each step, is for signed-in parents.
What this develops
- MilestoneNames pictured objectMind· 2y–2.3y· stretch
- MilestoneNames pictured referentsMind· 23mo–2.9y· core
- MilestoneDescribes object propertiesMind· 2.5y–3y· stretch
- MilestoneCombines two wordsMind· 14mo–3y· stretch
- MilestoneNames objects in contextMind· 2.5y–3.8y· core· Step 2
- MilestoneUnderstands simple questionsMind· 14mo–2.2y· core· Steps 1, 7, 13
- MilestoneUses three- to five-word sentencesMind· 2y–4y· stretch
- MilestoneNames coloursMind· 2.8y–3y· stretch
- MilestoneAnswers simple open questionsMind· 2.3y–3.3y· stretch
- MilestoneExpresses feelings through words or actionsHeart· 22mo–3y· core· Step 15
- MilestoneAttends to book contentMind· 18mo–2.6y· stretch· Step 11
- MilestoneIdentifies coloursMind· 2.5y–4y· core· Steps 18, 19, 20
- MilestoneNames own feelingsHeart· 3y–4y· core· Step 15
Visual example
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