Kids love stories, and we love them because they encourage the use of imagination, and boost language and vocabulary skills.

Take a few minutes to create your child’s own story, by including his name, names of family members and pets, things in his house, his friends, his favorite games etc.

It could go like this.

Once upon a time, long long ago, there lived a wonderful little girl (her name). She lived with her mother (your name here), her father (her father’s name here), her brother and sister (insert her sibling’s names here. If you have pets include their names too). (Name) lived in a house with (number of rooms) rooms. There was a hall, a kitchen, a dining room, (insert all other rooms in the house here). In the hall there was a coat stand and a… (insert other objects here). In the kitchen, there was an oven,… (insert kitchen appliances, utensils, crockery and other objects here).

Every morning, (name) would wake up, brush her teeth… (insert her daily morning activities).

You can continue in this vein including other things your child loves to do, her favorite TV shows and games, the names of her friends and playmates, her aunts and uncles, grandparents etc.

This activity has multiple benefits. Your child learns to practice the names of people, objects and other things that are familiar to her, and she learns to form complete sentences. It has one more benefit that I absolutely love - it boosts self esteem and makes her feel important because the story revolves around her. That in itself, is enough reason to take part in this activity.

Have fun!