One of Auggie's favourite things to do with his Nana and Granda was to throw stones into any body of water on their outings! My parents did a fantastic job of following August's lead and replicating this play in their garden.

HOW?
Heuristic play at its best. They filled a bucket with water, found some stones and added some other containers, including a tin and a colander. Auggie could then splash as many stones as his heart desired!

WHY COPY IT AT HOME?
Children learn more language about things they're interested in. There's a lot of other sensory input on a walk - at home is calm and allows for much more repetition. Repetition is key to learning language.

LANGUAGE OPPORTUNITIES:

• throw the stones
• plop, splash
• the stones sank to the bottom!
• 1,2,3,4,5 stones...
• the water splashed out!
• let's fish them out again

What would your child do with a pond at home? Have they tried splashing stones?