Your child will play together with you, sharing a toy. Don’t think of this as “work” because then you will start to think there’s a “right” way for your child to play. You can model things to do with the toy, but your child doesn’t have to do the same thing. You are PLAYING: go with the flow and have fun.

Today’s activity: Play side-by-side or face-to-face with your child. Share some toys and model things to do with them: feed doll with cup, put doll in bed. Offer a toy to your child so you can take turns. Add a new action or object sometimes to extend the variety of things your child knows about playing with the toys.

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