What you need
- Story books featuring events your toddler has experienced
What to do
- Read the story and comment on similarities between the events in the story and your toddler’s experiences. It might be about a trip to a farm or finding a lost toy – something they have seen or done recently enough for them to remember.
- Pause so they can comment too.
- Keep chatting and reading for as long as your toddler is interested.
Good to know
This will be a great way for your toddler to talk about things in the past tense. For example, you could read about something as simple as visiting a park and then chat with your toddler about what happened last time you went there.