3 ways to use Duplo and Lego to boost communication skills!

Boost your little one's attention skills by asking them to copy you!
For this you will need some matching pieces (e.g. 4 red bricks, 2 windows, 6 yellow bricks).

Create a Lego structure (e.g. make a tower: red brick, yellow brick, window, 2 yellow bricks, red brick).
Place the remaining (matching) Lego pieces in front of your little one and ask the to make the same as you!
Your 'model' structure can be as simple or as complicated as your little one needs, and after they have finished let them be the 'master builder' and you have to copy what they have built!

Take the opportunity to model concepts while you play!

I wouldn't recommend doing this at the same time as the above activity, but instead while your little one is happily building and playing away.

While they are building label what they are holding and where they are putting the bricks.

Lego lends itself nicely to working on concepts: positional language, colours, size, shape. Model single words or short sentences to describe what your little one is doing (e.g. "put the brick on", "red square brick").

Grab a dry-wipe marker and use Lego to work on speech sounds!
For this one you will need a marker and preferably bigger Lego bricks!

Write your little one's target sound on the side of a Lego brick, and a variety of other mastered/ easy sounds on the other bricks. Have fun building a short tower with your little one.

Once you have made your 2-3 brick tower, read the nonsense word you have 'built' by blending together the sounds on the side of the tower!

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