The word for today is Mime. A great activity while working with a book is to have your child dramatize the story with you. This encourages creativity, recall, and sequencing. Of course to work with the word "mime," we will look up some famous mimes on Tot 1's newfound favorite, YouTube. However, we will expand the challenge and try to mime the story of Happy Birthday, Madame Chapeau. While both my kids have a decent sign language vocabulary, miming will be a big challenge trying to communicate only with their bodies. I'm certain that Tot 1 will want include the customary mime face paint in our production as well! Maybe we will discover that these tots have a natural charades talent, or maybe not. But it will be a great brain and gross motor exercise and fun either way!
Share in the comments with us how your little actors communicate the story of Happy Birthday, Madame Chapeau

Tags: gross motor skills, vocabulary