ASQ Helpful Learning Activities for Children 60-66 Months Old
Focus on: Language Development

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Adding New Twists to Old Classics.
When reading stories to your child, let her make up the ending, or retell favorite stories with "silly" new endings that she makes up.

Make Color Rhymes.
Take turns rhyming a color and a word: blue, shoe; red, bed; yellow, fellow. You can also rhyme with names (Dad, sad; Jack, sack). Take turns with the rhyming.

Play "20 Questions."
Think of an animal. Let your child ask 20 yes/no questions about the animal until she guesses what animal it is. (You may need to help your child to ask yes/no questions at first.) Now let your child choose an animal and you ask the 20 questions. You can also use other categories such as food, toys, and people.

Adapted from ASQ-3TM User's Guide by Squires, Twombly, Bricker, & Potter. © 2009 Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.