ABC Vehicle Sounds and Actions is the perfect book to help your little one learn vehicles, copy fun movements, and practice the ABCs - all at the same time! Each letter introduces a new vehicle with an action to copy, along with silly sounds. Copying sounds and actions helps children learn to copy words, and learning action words helps children combine words into phrases! Foster early language and literacy skills through playful and interactive story time!Special Features:Provides children with the opportunity to copy the movements and sounds of vehicles, learn new vocabulary, and practice the ABCsIntroduces each letter with one vehicle, sounds, like "whoosh" and "vroom", and actions like "dig" and "row" within a catchy rhymeIncorporates straightforward text to assist caregivers in reading with clear and simple languageBoasts beautiful yet simple illustrations to support children's comprehension of where and how vehicles moveIncludes familiar vocabulary (e.

g. , "firetruck", "car") and less common vocabulary (e.

g. , "kayak", "wheelchair") to support different stages of vocabulary growth.

Speech and Language Development:1. Interaction SkillsResearch shows children learn best when engaging in playful or play-based learning.

In playful learning, children are engaged in an activity and interactive with others. ABC Vehicle Sounds and Actions provides ample opportunity for silly sounds and actions to support children's attention, engagement, and social interactions.

2. Imitation SkillsPrior to imitating words to communicate, children often imitate the following:Actions with toysBody movements (e.

g. , gestures such as pointing, clapping and knocking)Sounds (e.

g. , pretend sneezing, vehicle sounds)Exclamatory words such as "whee", "vroom", "quack"ABC Vehicle Sounds and Actions encourages children to mimic sounds and actions or body movements - fostering their ability to imitate words.

3. Vocabulary: Action WordsChildren transition from using single words to using phrases as they acquire different types of vocabulary - including action words, description words, and location words.

ABC Vehicle Sounds and Actions incorporates a variety of action words paired with animals to support this area of development. 4.

Early LiteracyABC Vehicle Sounds and Actions supports early literacy skills including alphabet knowledge, letter-sound correspondence, and phonological awareness. Alphabet Knowledge: Recognizing and naming letters of the alphabetLetter-Sound Correspondence: Understanding the relationship between letters and the sounds they represent.

Children learn to associate specific sounds with letters and use this knowledge to decode and spell wordsPhonological Awareness: The ability to hear and manipulate the sounds in spoken language. It includes skills like rhyming, segmenting words into syllables and individual sounds or phonemes, and blending sounds together to form words.

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