Sometimes fish discover water last. These conversation ideas can help your child appreciate the intentions of words and sounds to convey meaning in the animal and the human world.
- What kind of sounds do animals use to communicate with each other?
- Can people understand what “meow” means? Or is that a language that cats use for themselves?
- Let’s borrow from the cat world and substitute the word “meow” for a word we use often, like “please?”
- Meow may I have some more juice?
- Excuse me, (name) but would you meow give me a hug?
- Let’s think of other words we could use meow to replace?
- Let’s see if, as a family, we can substitute that word for a whole meal?
- The next day, surprise them by slipping the substitute word into a conversation.
- Later in the week, let them decide what animal language you will play with at dinner.