Hello Park Street Parents!
This is Ms. Flanagin, 1st grade reading specialist.
Fall is in the air and it’s the perfect time to be outside with your children. Here are some activities you can do with your children as you take a walk or play in the park.
Help you child find leaves that are changing color. Ask them to describe the leaves to you using complete sentences. For example, you might say, “ I see a gigantic yellow leaf!” Then your child could say, “ I see a tiny brown leaf.”
Continue to describe things you see, smell, and feel as you spend time in the beautiful Autumn outside!
Another way to build your child’s oral language is by introducing them to new and unusual words. For example, instead of saying the leaf is red, use the word scarlet. Or you might describe the cool breeze as being chilly. The more new words you can introduce to your child, the greater their vocabulary will become!
