No matter how young or old your child is, the best way to build vocabulary is reading together. Here are some other ways to get your kiddo speaking, learning, and hopefully loving new words:
Talk to Me, Baby | Birth – 6 months
Encourage babbling, repeat sounds, and teach how conversations work
Where’s Your Toe? | 6 – 12 months
Game to touch your child the names of parts of the body
Understanding | 12 – 18 months
Help your child understand directions and teach new words
Promoting Language Through Nursery Rhymes | 18 – 24 months
Have fun with words using nursery rhymes
Obstacle Course | 24 – 30 months
Have your child follow instructions as you lead her through a course made of household objects
Every Day I… | 30 – 36 months
Talking about daily tasks helps children learn to share a sequence of events
How Does it Feel? | 36 – 42 months
Sensory activity that lets children use descriptive words
Rhyme Detectives | 42 – 48 months
Play with hearing the sounds of rhyming words
Alpha-Bags | 48 – 54 months
Sort objects in bags filled with objects all starting with the same letter
Word Play | 54 – 60 months
Create a word game that encourages imagination and lots of giggling
