Animal Exercises

When you play an active game with your toddler and talk about what you are doing, it helps your child hear new words and develop language skills.

You'll need:

• pictures of farm animals

What to do:

1. Look at pictures of farm animals with your toddler. Together sing, "Old MacDonald Had a Farm." As you sing, say the name of the animal, while moving like the animal. For example:

   horse - gallop and neigh
   pig- roll on the floor (in the mud) and oink
   duck - waddle and quack
   rooster - pretend to fly and crow
   cow - moo and walk slowly

2. Invite your child to join you. Encourage her to pretend to be the animals any way she wishes.

Let's Talk: Ideas to Explore Together.

• Let's moo like a cow.
• Let's waddle like a duck.
• What animal do you like best? The duck? The pig? The rooster?