picture!" child runs to show him, "look dad, it's a giraffe." dad answers, "wow, it's a big giraffe."
this has given the child several times to listen and practice that pesky word ending (it's).
you can also stretch the concepts that the child uses.
suppose your child says, "i wish i had a giraffe for a pet."
what a wonderful idea! how might you stretch this idea?
that would be amazing…but how would it fit in your room? what would you need to have to care for a giraffe pet? why do they live in zoos?
know what your child can do and expect a little more: if your child can follow an instruction with two 