Fetch Your Shoes

What you need

• their shoes and small coat by the door

How to do it

1. Getting ready to go out, ask for one thing: "can you get your shoes?"
2. Wait while they fetch them.
3. Put them on together.
4. Ask for the coat next.

Why it matters

Getting ready gives a real reason to fetch the right thing, and it happens every day in the same place.

What they're learning

Everyday words

Shoes and coat, heard every day.

Fetching

Going to get them is their job.

Getting ready

They're part of heading out.

What to look for

Watch for them heading to where the shoes live before you've finished asking.

A tip

Say the name without pointing or looking at it; that's what makes it about the word. If they're stuck, point to help and try again another time.

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