What Babies Say Before They Can Talk by Paul Holinger

Author:Paul Holinger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 2009-09-01T00:00:00+00:00

How to Tune In to Your Child’s Interests

One good way to understand just what interests your child is to use floor time (see Chapter 10 ). This puts you into the child’s world in a way that few other activities can do. If your child crawls off into the kitchen and starts playing with the pots and pans, crawl along with her and see just how fascinating it is when you’re at a kid’s eye level. You will begin to appreciate how large a part the smallest encounters with outside objects play in a child’s imagination. And you’ll get a sense of the tempo at which your child moves through the world. Allowing kids to maintain their own sense of time is important if you are to encourage exploration and help build self-confidence.

Quantity, not just quality, time is also important. When your time with your child is too event oriented, too structured or scheduled, you don’t allow your child to simply move through the day at an unforced pace, interacting with the environment in spontaneous ways. Spend time with your child as you do laundry, while you read, as you do errands or just hang out. In these ordinary circumstances, a child can express extraordinary interest, and you will have the opportunity to observe and interact with your child in an easy, natural way.

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