little socks. Daddy's socks are big and yours are little." Picking up toys could be a way to develop colours, "here is a red block, let's pick up all the red blocks first." Putting away the dishes could help develop concepts of shape, let's put the square containers here and the round ones here." and position "let's put the cups up the top and the pans down the bot-tom." Bathing and dressing are great for learning to combine words, "arm in, leg in" "wash your face, wash your tummy". While many skills can be taught as you go through the day one thing that is really worth setting aside a few minutes each day for in a busy schedule is to read to your child. Those few minutes will pay off in the long term with more success at school and with your child developing a love of reading and learning. Answering simple questions for toddlers As children grow older, their ability to answer questions develops. Responding to questions helps us to share information, develop relationships, learn from experiences and demonstrate our knowledge. Blank, Rose and Berlin were researchers that looked at the types of questions teachers asked year one children in the classroom and then classified them into 4 different levels from concrete to abstract. Level one questions are about concrete items and are the first types of questions children learn to answer. Level 4 questions are the most abstract on this scale and are typically consolidated after a