Words & stories
Picture-book walk
- Builds: Talking about pictures
- 10 min
- Ages 1–4
- Calm
- No mess
From the house
- A picture book they like
How to play
- Skip the words this time and just look at the pictures.
- Ask, “Where’s the dog?” They point.
- Ask, “What is he doing?” Add one new word to their answer.
- They turn the pages and read it to you.
Fit it to your child
- Easier: Point and name one thing per page (“Dog. A big dog.”) and let them point after you.
- Harder: Before each page, ask, “What happens next?”, then turn it and see if they were right.
Words to use
- where
- point
- what’s that
- find
Why it helps
Asking about the pictures, then adding one word to their answer, grows vocabulary faster than reading straight through.