child starts school. By understanding the different levels of questions we can: ? Simplify questions when needed to help our child understand ? Expose the child to more complex questions to stimulate their development ? Help prepare our child to answer the types of questions used in educational settings Level one is the simplest of the four levels of questions and begins to develop in toddlers. Most children are able to consistently respond to this level by the age of three years. At this level children respond to their senses and talk about the things they see, hear and touch immediately in front of them as they answer these early questions. Level one questions include: ? Choosing objects "Show me the..." ? Naming objects "What is this?" ? Copying actions "Do this..." ? Naming actions "What is he doing?" ? Naming things seen or heard "What did you see/hear?" ? Matching objects "Find one like this" ? Repeating sentences "Say this" To help a very young child learn to answer questions: ? give lots of practice with one question type before moving on ? keep your questions short, just three or four words to begin ? give only a few choices, two or three pictures or objects to start with, and add more as your child learns If your child does not know the answer you can: ? give them a choice "Is is a duck or a bear?" ? guide their hand "Let's find the duck together" ? model