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

Waving is a gesture your child learns through imitation. Gestures are an important foundation for intentional communication.

Today’s activity: Provide extra opportunities to wave bye-bye: crawling in and out of tunnel, putting doll in house and closing door, putting toys or food away.

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