Imaginative play

Imaginative play is extremely important for learning new skills and developing language.

Using their favourite toy, encourage your child to brush its hair, give it a drink, brush its teeth, put it to bed etc. or go to the shop
Talk to your child about what they are doing and talk to their favourite toy too. At first, keep your sentences short e.g. teddy sleep.
Introduce new words in play, e.g. if your child says "brush hair", you might say "you are brushing teddy's hair"