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Age range: 3-6

Theme Area: Storytelling

Related Episode: A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words

Subjects/Skills: Language Development; Creative Thinking

Materials Needed:
Paper
Crayons or markers

Directions:
Tell a simple story to your child without using words. First, draw a sequence of pictures on paper. For example, you might draw a cat, a raincloud, and the cat looking sad as raindrops fall on her. Next, draw some boots and an umbrella, then the cat, looking happy, wearing the boots and the umbrella, jumping in a puddle.

Invite your child to look at the pictures with you. Say, "I have a special story for you to read today. But I can't tell it to you. You have to read the pictures and tell me the story."

Point to the first picture. Ask your child to tell you about it. Continue pointing to the other pictures in sequence, until your child has told the story. It might sound like, "There was a cat. It started to rain. The cat was sad. Then she saw some boots and an umbrella. She put the boots on and opened up the umbrella. She was so happy, she jumped in a puddle!"

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