Get the handout: 16 gestures that help your child learn to talk.

Showing uses joint attention. Your child holds an item toward you as an invitation to share their interest.

Today’s activity: Shape this gesture by showing strong interest in an object your child is holding: point at it, touch it, name it, or say “look!”

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