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Water Balloons

7/29/2013

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Need a break from the heat?  Try some fun water balloon activities!

Beginning language learners at the 1-3 word levels:
  • Talk about turning the water on each time you fill a balloon
  • Talk about throwing at the 2 word level (ex: mom throw or Joey throw, I throw)
  • Talk about wet each time the balloon pops

For higher level language targets:
  • Talk about different places to fill up the balloons (ie: hose, sink, etc).
  • Talk about different ways to pop the balloons (i.e: squeeze it, step on it, throw it) or different things to pop it with (i.e: stick, fork, etc).
  • Experiment with size: make a big water balloon and a little water ballon- which is easier to pop?

Most of all-- 
Have fun!


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Smoothie 

7/12/2013

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With such hot weather, what better way to stay cool than making a delicious and healthy snack?  Below are some ideas for embedding various levels of language into making a fruit smoothie.

Beginning language learners at the 1-3 word levels:
  • Open containers for juice, fresh fruit, or frozen fruit.
  • Wash fresh fruits separately to build in language opportunity (wash +fruit)
  • Cut large fruits (such as watermelon) into chunks, or cut stems off of fruits, such as strawberries.
  • Pour fruits into the blender and pour the smoothie into cups

For higher level language targets:
  • Expose your child to higher level vocabulary- colander for washing fruits, blender, cutting board, etc.
  • Talk about location of where you are pouring (i.e: in the blender, in the cup).
  • Have the child tell someone else how they made the smoothie.
  • Talk about possession- pour into Mom's cup, Dad's cup, etc.
  • Predict the color of the smoothie- experiment with ingredients to make yellow smoothies, red smoothies, purple smoothies.

                          Enjoy!


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