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Using toys can be a good way to combine your child鈥檚 love of pretend play with their language development.

Planning and going on an adventure together will help them think beyond the present and start forming more complex sentences.

Join these families as they discover why planning adventures are great for language development鈥nd brilliant fun too!

What are the language benefits of this activity?

  • Planning together helps build your child鈥檚 vocabulary and helps your child talk in the future tense.
  • Using what, where and why questions encourages them to construct longer and more complex sentences.
  • Letting your child take the lead builds their confidence and encourages them to think of words and sentences for themselves.
  • Playing this game helps them to think beyond the present moment. This is a great opportunity for learning to sequence and plan language.
A couple and their 3-year-old child sit in their living room. Their child is holding a teddy.
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By asking your child to think about things that aren't happening in the present, you're helping them to develop their abstract understanding.

How to get the most out of this activity

Use what, where and why questions to plan an adventure that they can go on with a favourite toy.

Encourage them to think about where they would like to go and whether teddy would enjoy it too.

Try to get your child to give as much detail as possible. Ask them about things they might see, hear or smell on their adventure.

It's alright if they makes some mistakes when using different tenses, this is completely normal.

Just repeat their sentence back to them correctly and they'll soon get the hang of it.

Planning adventures and having fun through pretend play can be a fun activity for the whole family.

A couple and their 3-year-old child sit in their living room. Their child is holding a teddy.
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By asking your child to think about things that aren't happening in the present, you're helping them to develop their abstract understanding.

Help your child with new tenses and sentence structures

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