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Play Time
Play naming games while looking at a mirror with infants. “Who’s that? That’s Jayden! I see Jayden laughing!”
Hold a baby in your lap while singing songs or nursery rhymes. Place the baby so he or she can watch your face while you sing.
Look at books together with infants, naming and pointing to pictures of familiar objects such as car, ball, cup. Give babies the real object to explore such as the toy car or cup.
Hide a baby’s favorite toy under a blanket and play ”peek-a-boo” with the toy. ”Where’s the ball? There it is! You found the ball!”
Play ”peeka-boo” with babies. Give them time to look at your face as you change your voice and facial expression while repeating the game again and again.
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