(adapted from the PBS "Between the Lions" web site)
Five tips for bath time reading, listening and speaking skill building.
1. Sing songs together at your kids' bath time. Be as loud as you can be! Make up new songs.
2. Have kids play imagination games and role play with bath toys. Is that sponge really a shark? A mermaid? A pirate?
4. Take the opportunity to learn the names of body parts. Can they wash in alphabetical order? Wash that ARM before your BACK or CHIN.
5. Chat to your kids in the bath. Can you think of a better time when they have your attention? Conversation is really important as your kids learn to read, write, listen and speak. You are their primary model.
Bonus tip-read a story to your child while he's in the tub. Bathtime for Biscuit is an early reader favorite available at the Grand Rapids Area Library.
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My kids always loved "No More Water in the Tub."
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