Receptive:

• Play music and stop it unexpectedly. Have the child dance to the music and freeze when the music stops.

• What do you think of when you hear these words: splash, boom, honk.

• Echo game: Take turns echoing each other’s sentences.

• Hide several objects. Ring a bell loudly when child gets close and softly when far away.

Expressive:

• Play your April Fool’s jokes on your friends! Were your friends fooled? How did they react?

• Name three vehicles that travel: on land, in water, in the air.

• What does this mean: “April showers bring May flowers.”

Vocabulary: rain coat, rain boots, umbrella, blue, yellow, rain, sun, wet, dry, puddle, ladybug, slug, weatherman, stormy

Book: Gossie by Olivier Dunrea; Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch