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The more vocabulary children have the easier it will be for them to understand what they are reading.  \nVocabulary is knowing the names of  \nthings, feelings, concepts, and ideas.  \nIdaho Commission for Libraries, 2009  \nTalking or singing  \nEven though your child cannot speak, it is important to talk with her. Children who are spoken to a lot during their early years end up knowing many more words than those who are not spoken to very much.  \n(Sing to the tune of “Do Your Ears Hang Low”)  \n(Match actions to the words)  \nI have ten little fingers And they all belong to me . I can make them do things, Would you like to see?  \nI can shut them up tight, Or open them all wide, I can put them all together, Or make them all hide.  \nI can make them jump high, I can make them fall down low. I can make them clap loudly, Or clap them soft and slow.  \nBabies...  \nIdaho Commission for Libraries, 2009  \nTalking or singing  \nHaving a large vocabulary and knowing the names of things is one of the skills children need later when they learn to sound out or recognize words .  \nActivity: Use the colored objects provided for each color as you sing the song with your  \ntoddler.  \n(sung to the tune of \"The Hokey Pokey\") You put red in,  \n(hold red scarf/clothing and move arm away from you)  \nYou take red out  \n(hold red scarf and move arm back towards you) You put red in and you shake it all about.  \n(shake the red scarf)  \nYou do the Hokey Pokey  \nand you turn yourself around,  (clap hands, turn in a circle)  \n That's what it's all about!  \n(Continue with additional verses as you use the other colored objects)  \nIdaho Commission for Libraries, 2009  \nToddlers...  \n~~Preschoolers~~...  \nBuilding words  \nHaving a large vocabulary and knowing the names of things is one of the skills children need later when they learn to sound out or recognize words . Books give us different words than those we use in normal conversations or that are on television.  \nActivity: Pick out a word from one of the books provided. For an unfamiliar word, explain it to your child. For a familiar word, think of a new word that has a similar meaning. Ask your child  \nto help you think of words .  \nExamples:  \nFamiliar words:  \nsmall= little, tiny big= large, huge, enormous  \nUnfamiliar words:  \nAuthor= person who wrote the book Illustrator= person who made the  \npictures  \nIdaho Commission for Libraries, 2009  \nSchool-Age...   \nBuilding words  \nHaving a large vocabulary helps children to sound out or recognize words . Books give us different words than those we use in normal conversations or that are on television .  \nActivity: Here is part of a story. Read it to your child. Then on the matching handout, ask your child to find other words that mean the same as the underlined words . How does changing the words make the story different?  \nBetween the hours of 1 p. m. and 3 p. m. , Skippyjon Jones created his finest piece of artwork ever. It went up and down and all around the newly painted hall. And this rubbed his mama’s fur the wrong way. “Drop that crayon right now, Mr. Doodlepaws,” commanded Mama Junebug Jones. “You’re not the boss of me,” said Skippyjon Jones. “In your dreams, Mr. beans,” said Mama. “I cannot believe that in two quiet hours you covered the walls with those cockeyed Chihuahuas,”she scolded. “You are not a Chihuahua. You are a  \nnaughty Siamese cat. And you need a time-out to think about that.” The kitty boy did not budge.  \nIdaho Commission for Libraries, 2009  \nFrom the story, Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse, by Judith Schachner  \nBetween the hours of 1 p. m . and 3 p. m . , Skippyjon Jones created his   piece of artwork ever.  \n(another word that means “finest”)  \nIt went up and down and all around the newly painted hall. 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