Read books about places you have been with your child, such as the airport, supermarket, zoo, or the playground downstairs. While reading about these places, you can talk about what you saw or might see again the next time you are there.
Toddlers have spontaneous memories of place. A study of forty 35-month old children showed that spontaneous memories were triggered when young children were brought back to a highly distinct setting, in which they previously experienced an interesting event.
Maternal conversations about events and places also helped children develop memories. This suggests that talking to children about places they have been, as well as past and future events, could help create and trigger autobiographical memories. Reese, E., & Robertson, S.-R. (2019). Origins of adolescents’ earliest memories. Memory, 27(1), 79–91. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2018.1512631 Wang, Q., & Gülgöz, S. (2019) New perspectives on childhood memory: introduction to the special issue, Memory, 27:1, 1-5.
Read more on how parents talking to toddlers about places and events can help their memory in CD-MEM-C03.