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Eating out at a café or a restaurant is an opportunity to talk and sit together as a family. You can explore all the different types of writing and print you can see around the restaurant. Do they have a menu on the table? Is there a long list on the wall that shows the food you can order? Where else can you see words and print?
When you are out shopping with your child talk about the cost of items, explaining that you need to pay for them before you can take it home. Talk to your child about the different ways that you can pay for something. You might pay using cash or by EFTPOS or credit card. Talk about why you have chosen to pay that way.
It’s time to go off to the shops and do the shopping. Have you checked that they’re open? How could you find out? We need to buy pita, hummus and stuffed vine leaves. I am not sure what time the shop opens. I might ring and see if they are open yet. Explain to your child that shops have opening and closing hours and they can all be different.
Next time you get a bill, talk about it with your child. What is it for? It might be for work you had done, something you ordered online or from when you last ate out as a family. Explain that the purchase or service received will be described using words, symbols and numbers.
Next time you are travelling in the car with your child and the radio is playing, talk about the music you can hear. Is it modern pop music with singing or is it orchestral with no singing? Are there lots of people singing and playing instruments?
