{"id":1889,"date":"2026-03-02T15:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/?p=1889"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:05:48","slug":"supporting-language-skills-in-springtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/2026\/03\/02\/supporting-language-skills-in-springtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Language Skills in Springtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is a wonderful season for growing language skills\u2014there\u2019s so much to see, touch, hear, and explore! Everyday spring activities can spark great conversations and help children build vocabulary, sentences, and thinking skills. Here are simple, natural ways to support language learning at home:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Talk About What You See<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Spring brings new sights, sounds, and changes in the environment. Encourage your child to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name what they notice<\/strong>: flowers, bugs, animals, weather changes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use describing words<\/strong>: colors, sizes, shapes, textures<\/li>\n<li><strong>Compare things<\/strong>: \u201cThis flower is taller than that one,\u201d \u201cThe puddle is deeper.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong> Explore Outdoors Together<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Use walks, park visits, or backyard play as language opportunities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Label nature items (buds, nests, petals, worms, raindrops)<\/li>\n<li>Talk about actions (growing, hopping, raining, melting)<\/li>\n<li>Point out changes: \u201cThe snow is gone,\u201d \u201cThe leaves are starting to grow.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong> Build Vocabulary Through Play<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1891 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/files\/2026\/03\/spring.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"182\" \/>Narrate what\u2019s happening as you play and explore together: \u201cFirst we dig in the soil\u2026 then we plant the seed\u2026 last we water and wait!\u201d\u00a0 Springtime activities naturally teach new words.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanen.org\/information-tips\/how-children-learn-new-words\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this article<\/a> from the \u00a0for more information on how children learn language naturally, during everyday interactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is a wonderful season for growing language skills\u2014there\u2019s so much to see, touch, hear, and explore! Everyday spring activities can spark great conversations and help children build vocabulary, sentences, and thinking skills. Here are simple, natural ways to support language learning at home: Talk About What You See Spring brings new sights, sounds, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8620,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1889"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1894,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions\/1894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/slp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}