Designed to assist the parent in providing language learning opportunities to children at home from infancy through first grade, this practically oriented guidebook includes activities for early childhood to develop sensory awareness and to encourage directed play, investigation, and exploration. Exercises are designed to develop physical abilities, to stimulate imagination, and to encourage the child in discovering the world, learning to listen and to see, building language, and developing concepts. For the child in kindergarten there are helps in developing maturity, and for the first grade child a family reading plan is outlined. Also included is a selective bibliography of children's books and magazines and books for parents and teachers. (DF)