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To teach your child other groups of words, try
putting the name of an object or person
together with:
• a word that shows what a person
or thing does.
Fish
swim.
• a word that shows who or what
an object belongs to.
Papa’s
shirt.
• a word that shows
where an object or
person is.
Maria is
on the
swing.
• a word that shows
someone wants
something to
happen again.
• a word that shows something is
over, or that something cannot
be done.
Do you want
more beans?
Rice is
finished.
Helping Children Who Are Deaf (2004)