Help your child’s language development by “saying what you see” rather than asking questions

"Say What You See!" How remembering 'Catchphrase' can help your child's language development

For most children of the 90's, Catchphrase was probably a staple of your TV viewing (the choices were much more limited then, after all!). It provided hours of entertainment, but who knew remembering Roy Walker's famous catchphrase, "Say what you see!", can also be really helpful for your child's language development when you are spending time and playing with them?

We often fall into a default of questioning our children when we are playing with them. It’s such a habit for adults to do this. The many, "What colour is that?", or, "How many of those do you have?", questions are no doubt well intentioned, but can start to feel like a grilling for your child. They're just trying to play and we're giving them a literacy and numeracy test!

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