Action Words: Everyday Verbs & First Phrases

A real-photo language book built around everyday actions such as eat, run, wash, hug, open, carry, jump, and play.

Action Words gives toddlers and caregivers simple things to notice and talk about together. Adults can name the action, connect it to the child’s day, add a short phrase, imitate the movement, or simply follow the child’s interest.

Use it for

• Shared reading and action naming
• Connecting verbs with familiar routines
• Modeling short phrases naturally
• Movement, gesture, imitation, sounds, and conversation
• Repeating useful language without quizzing

Verbs can be an important part of everyday language, but this book does not promise that exposure to action words will make an individual child begin combining words or speaking in sentences on a particular timetable.

This is an early-learning book, not speech therapy or a developmental assessment.