Your child’s earliest communication is motivated by how they are feeling. They make movements and sounds that you can recognize as what they do when they do or don’t want something, or like or don’t like something.

These movements and sounds can be shaped into gestures and words. First, your child needs to know that you understand the meaning they’re expressing.

Today’s activity: Notice the meaning your child expresses with gestures and sounds. Act as if these signals have meaning, and say the word you think they are expressing like, “No thank you” or “want.” Say, “sorry” to let them know you recognize they don’t like something but this is one of those necessary activities.

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