Five Minute Favorite: At the Market

Creating a family culture of learning often comes down to many short, sweet moments that engage a young child.

In my experience, parents underestimate the power of 5 minutes of accessible engagement.

Here’s a five minute favorite for you that engages memory, strengthens retention, and supports the development of spoken language. This also helps foster connection with your child.

  1. Think of a recent experience that you know your child enjoyed.

    • We’ll use an example of a farmer’s market visit. This also works for the grocery store.

  2. Now, ask some questions.

    • “Remember when we went to the farmer’s market last Saturday? We went in the morning, after breakfast. The sun was shining and the air felt a little bit chilly! We visited the vegetable stand we like first.”

    • “What did we see at that vegetable stand?”

    • “What was your favorite vegetable we saw that day?”

      • Alternate questions: “what was the most colorful vegetable we saw? what was the largest/smallest? did we see any new vegetables that day?”

    • “What color were the carrots? Have you seen carrots in any other colors?”

    • “What did we do with the carrots when we came home?”

    • “What did we decide to cook with them on Sunday?”

    • “I wonder if we could serve them another way. Can you think of another way?”

    • “What vegetable would you like to try find at the market this week? I’m looking forward to going with you.”

Enjoy!

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