12/30/2025
🛌 Opportunities for language before bed?
🧸 Yes! Bedtime routines involve multiple steps with several vocabulary opportunities. Everyone's nightly routine will look different so promoting language in your home will be unique. Here are some examples that can help inspire how language can be used in your specific nightly routine.
💤 Social carrier phrases are all around us. Saying "goodnight ___ (name)" and "I'm ready for ___ (bed/a story)".
💤 Categorizing is perfect during bedtime. While using the bathroom before bed, everything being used are items that can be categorized into the 'bathroom' group (toothbrush, toothpaste, toilet, toilet paper, etc.). When making sure you have everything ready for school the next morning is categorizing 'school supplies' (homework, backpack, water bottle, etc.). Also picking out your clothes for morning is grouping each part of their outfit into 'clothing'.
💤 Sequencing occurs when experiencing all the steps involved in brushing teeth, washing hands after using the toilet, and even choosing a book first before reading the story. Model words and the appropriate action for concepts such as: first, second, next, and then.
💤 Simple problem solving can naturally occur such as running out of tooth paste. In this situation, we can model language to solve the problem "more toothpaste in the closet". Simple problem solving can also be created purposely by the parent to provide language opportunities such as: not turning on the night light and stating "it's too dark!" See if your child solves the problem themselves or requests for the night light to be turned on. Either way, you can model simple language, "Light go on" or "Thank you! You turned the light on!"
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