🏠 Everyday Routines
You Choose
Offer two choices and wait for your child to say the whole word.
4 min🟢 Early Communicator
Goal
Create natural reasons to speak instead of point.
🌿 Kai is here today
Kai is listening closely with you, stop and name three sounds before you start.
💡 Why this matters
Routines repeat, so the same words come around again and again. That repetition is what makes new language stick.
How to play
- 1Hold up two options.
- 2Ask which one, then wait — don't rush the silence.
- 3Say the full sentence back when they choose.
Example conversation
You: Apple or banana?
Child: Banana. → You: You chose the banana!
Extra questions
- Why that one?
- What will we choose tomorrow?
- Can you ask me to choose?
Skills practiced
- ✔ Vocabulary
- ✔ Following directions
- ✔ Sequencing
Materials needed
None — just you and your child.
❤️ Parent tip
Fold this into a moment you already have. Do not add a new one.
Try it during
- 🍳 Making breakfast
- 🧺 Folding laundry
- 🛒 Grocery shopping
- 🧼 Washing up
- 👕 Getting dressed
- 🌱 Watering plants
Same activity, many moments — pick whichever fits your day.