Parents - Social/Emotional
Activity Types:
- Bath time
- Hand Games
- Fine Motor
- Gross Motor
- Language
- Literacy
- Toys
- Visual
- Music/Auditory
- Mealtimes
- Social/Emotional
- Tactile/Sensory
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Encourage your baby to wave to other people when riding in the cart at the grocery store.
Look at your child eye-to-eye as you speak to him. Making eye contact helps keep your child’s attention focused, and begins to build healthy attachment relationships.
Invite others to read stories with your child.
Sit feet-to-feet with legs apart your toddler. Push balls of different sizes back and forth, and the increase the distance between you. Discuss how you are sharing the ball.
Encourage your child to express himself freely and creatively with art materials. To encourage creative expression, try to introduce projects where the child can’t copy what the adult has made.