Your child starts to anticipate what action comes next during a daily routine like dressing. That makes routines the perfect place to introduce more turn taking.

Today's activity: Pause at key points during dressing to give your child a chance to take a turn. At first you can interpret any action as their turn. As they get more skilled, they will be using helpful actions to complete a step in the dressing process—pulling down their shirt, pushing their arm into a sleeve, holding up their leg to put on a sock.

Use these charts as a checklist for your child's progress.

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