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Have ever wondered how Non-Native Parents guide their child's language 
development at home? 

 There are tons of tasks to do but I would like to share with you one of my favorite activity called: Words In the Jar.
In order to reinforce students’ needs in English vocabulary development, the “words in the jar” activity was given to parents to help their child practice target vocabulary at home in each unit of the course book that was covered in class. The activity also works well with the parents who had limited or no English language background. The target words and their picture definitions were written on the word card and put in a jar decorated by parent-student. The task is practiced by picking up 3 or more words from the jar and asked by the parent to the student every day. The activity was also practiced vice-versa; the student to the parent or the parent to the student. Once the students completed practicing/revising each target vocabulary in the jar, parents inform the teacher about the performance and give feedback.


It is great to collaborate with parents to help your learners' language development. It may not be that easy to involve them in process but inviting them to a task that can help to build strong walls between parent and child could tap their curiosity. Once you inform them about the "words in the jar" activity, want them to ask their child "what kind of activity does he/she want to do for the weekend together? Going on a picnic, visiting a museum, going to the theatre or watching a movie etc... even some candies could be a motivating treat to fill the jar after practicing all the words in it. The words could be your weekly target vocabulary or idioms with illustrations even!
 Remember the quote saying: "Logic will get you from A to B but Imagination will take you everywhere!" (Albert Einstein).

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