Good conversation, songs, games, and stories nurture children with language, warmth, and dignity through back-and-forth human responses. Research and common sense urge us to place every young child in the presence of loving, expressive parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, and friends rather than digital screens or solitary, impersonal devices. Why is this? Because we have faces.
My First Words: Faces, Faith, & Family provides joyful, purposeful ways to nurture any young child with face-to-face oral language. With repetition, engagement, and delight, may your child’s language be nudged forward. Enjoy the words, songs, and playful movements. Our hope is that the closeness and immediacy of the moments prompted herein will wash away any concerns of the day and replace them with light, warmth, hope, and love.
My First Words Guidebook provides teacher notes on how to use the books, songs, and ideas in the My First Words: Faces, Faith, & Family Set. These notes include a suggested schedule, examples of ways to enhance the cognitive and linguistic benefits of each book, and simple activities to to do when face-to-face with your child.
Simply Classical My First Words Guidebook is in the following collections:
