Listen to Learn
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Listen to Learn
Your school-age child will soon discover that more and more of her day is spent listening to others. Becoming a good listener takes time and practice. Try a few of these ideas with your youngster each day.
•As you read stories, ask your child to respond whenever you say a particular word. For example, "I want you to cluck like a chicken each time I say 'hen.' " After watching a TV program together, see how many details he can remember. "What did the firefighter say you should never play with?" "Why was the fish laughing so hard?"
•Give your child increasingly complex directions to complete a task. Start with "Take the cans out of the grocery bag and put them on the shelf." Over time, work up to "Take the cans of corn and put them on the top shelf, the cans of tomatoes and put them on the middle shelf, and the cans of peas and put them on the bottom shelf."
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