Water and Words
Water play is about words. Any experience you have with your toddler can be about words, and water is certainly an interesting topic for a little person. Taylor says, “Parents and toddlers can have conversations about water and discover language together. Talk about the water pouring and splashing and drizzling. Extend their language with descriptions.”
Even if your toddler isn’t talking much, he is taking in everything you say, and his language skills are developing. You help that process along when you talk to him or read to him. Stories that describe the properties of water can add to your child’s growing knowledge of water. Have a look at Big Sarah’s Little Boots by Paulette Bourgeois (Published by Kids Can Press), The Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch (Annick Press), or D.W. All Wet, by Marc Brown (Little, Brown).