Ask Your Child . . .

Ask your child about needs and wants.  What is something you need?  What is something you want?What is something a family needs?  What is something a family wants?  What is something your body needs?  What might your body want?

Ask your child about his or her favorite foods.  Which of the foods are healthy?  Do we need or want healthy foods?  Why do we need healthy foods?

What foods can go together to make a meal?  How do you know you are hungry?

Need, want, food, healthy, hungry, and meal were the vocabulary words for the past week.

Ask your child which word is longer when you give him or her two words.  For example:  which is longer--sunshine or cat?  Sunshine!  (I'm introducing syllables)

Also, ask your child to think of words that begin with p.  See how long a list he or she can make.