![]() Have a progress chart that tracks the words and phrases your child masteredĪ simple progress chart teaches your child clear goals and kids love stickers. ![]() Encourage your child to be the caller and you touch the cards. Lay cards out on the floor or table and have your child touch the card as you call out words/sounds. Match up a sound with a picture, or two cards that have the same sound, or two pictures that match, any way you choose. Very small children may struggle to hold too many cards, so play games that have the child match one card to another. With multiples of the same cards, you can play well-known games such as Go Fish or the ‘memory game’. Play games by using flashcard games e.g.: Go fish, memory gameįlashcards are one of your most valuable resources in teaching language to young children.They also learn rules of play, understanding goals and of course, that family games equal FUN! Just playing a simple board game such as snakes and ladders teaches a young child so much more than just language. Board games played with the whole family can be a time for relaxed learning. Play board games in Russian e.g.: snakes and ladders, board games, family gamesĭice games are always good for counting and also a simple addition.When ‘seeking’ your child it’s a good opportunity to repeat words without it sounding repetitive. When your child knows them well you could count down backward. You could start with 1 to 10 and gradually increase. Hide and seek is a great game for practicing numbers. Play hide and seek by counting in Russian.When you come home, encourage your child to draw pictures of what he/she saw and talk about them together using Russian. This is a great place to add in adjectives and colors. Ask your child the names of the animals he/she has learned and point out the new ones. If you have any, look at some animal books together, then go to the zoo for the day. Go to the zoo and call the name of the animals together in Russian.Finger puppets are also fun when singing songs. You can tell much-loved stories through puppet play, either using the whole body or make a puppet theatre from a box and use hand or finger puppets. Kids love puppets and puppet play is great for motor skills. Use puppets or turn your child’s favorite plush toy into a puppet that talks in Russian.Help your child to use his/her imagination to change the story or change the ending. If your child has a favorite Russian story encourage him/her to play different characters making up the words from memory. Use different voices for different characters. If it is illustrated, have them point it out on the page. Look at the pictures with your child, point to things they already know in Russian.Īs you come across new words ask the child what they think it is. Try to find books with good illustrations. ![]()
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