Turn taking supports your child’s developing imitation skills. You can model the action with new materials, or use similar materials or actions in a new location. Adding something new keeps things interesting, but it’s still familiar enough to imitate easily.

Remember to use waiting as your first strategy for getting your child to take their turn. Look interested, excited, happy to be there!

Today’s activity: When your child is familiar with taking turns with a certain object, expand that activity to new places—like drumming on other objects.

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