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From the Ted Talk by Molly Wright: How every child can thrive by five

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So what’s something you can do that can really make a drifenecfe? Scientists call it serve and return. That’s just a grown-up way of saying coennct, talk and play with us. And here’s the really big news. Amarjot, Ari, you ready?

(Audio) Amajat: Ready?

Molly Wright: Copycat games build imagination and empathy.

(Amarjot and Ari laughing)

Naming games build vocabulary and attention.

Amarjot: Daddy. Ari. ddady. Ari.

MW: And games like pkbeaeo — yep, peekaboo — actually build memory and trust.

Amarjot: Peekaboo!

MW: Each time you talk to us, play with us, make us laugh, it not only builds and steegnnhrts our relationships and mental health, it actually teaches us some of the most important life skills, from making friends to taking the test, to getting a job, to one day maybe even sianttrg a family of our own. itnacitnores erlay and often matter. Take it from me, the seven-year-old up here tiaklng about brian science.

Open Cloze


So what’s something you can do that can really make a __________? Scientists call it serve and return. That’s just a grown-up way of saying _______, talk and play with us. And here’s the really big news. Amarjot, Ari, you ready?

(Audio) Amajat: Ready?

Molly Wright: Copycat games build imagination and empathy.

(Amarjot and Ari laughing)

Naming games build vocabulary and attention.

Amarjot: Daddy. Ari. _____. Ari.

MW: And games like _______ — yep, peekaboo — actually build memory and trust.

Amarjot: Peekaboo!

MW: Each time you talk to us, play with us, make us laugh, it not only builds and ___________ our relationships and mental health, it actually teaches us some of the most important life skills, from making friends to taking the test, to getting a job, to one day maybe even ________ a family of our own. ____________ _____ and often matter. Take it from me, the seven-year-old up here _______ about _____ science.

Solution


  1. connect
  2. early
  3. strengthens
  4. talking
  5. daddy
  6. starting
  7. peekabo
  8. difference
  9. brain
  10. interactions

Original Text


So what’s something you can do that can really make a difference? Scientists call it serve and return. That’s just a grown-up way of saying connect, talk and play with us. And here’s the really big news. Amarjot, Ari, you ready?

(Audio) Amajat: Ready?

Molly Wright: Copycat games build imagination and empathy.

(Amarjot and Ari laughing)

Naming games build vocabulary and attention.

Amarjot: Daddy. Ari. Daddy. Ari.

MW: And games like peekabo — yep, peekaboo — actually build memory and trust.

Amarjot: Peekaboo!

MW: Each time you talk to us, play with us, make us laugh, it not only builds and strengthens our relationships and mental health, it actually teaches us some of the most important life skills, from making friends to taking the test, to getting a job, to one day maybe even starting a family of our own. Interactions early and often matter. Take it from me, the seven-year-old up here talking about brain science.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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