Words in two languages

Ages 3 to 5 Read and do together · about 10 minutes

Read together

The same thing has different names.

House, casa, bahay. It is still a home.

Do it

1. Make picture cards for six things at home: house (casa, bahay), dog (perro, aso), sun (sol, araw), water (agua, tubig), bread (pan, tinapay), tree (árbol, puno).
2. Show the picture and say the word in one language. Say it in another.
3. Play “find the match”: say a word, and your child holds up the picture.
4. Add one new word each day.

Talk about it

• Which word is easiest to say?
• What other things have two names?

For the grown-up

Learning that one thing has several names helps children think about language. Use the languages your family knows.

Mark as done

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