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Time for you – supporting your baby by thinking about self-care

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Look at those hands! Using reflection to encourage your baby to play on the floor and notice their hands

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Did you know that getting dressed promotes your baby’s head movements?

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Group ideas for you and your baby

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Sing a song about you- use your baby’s name in some favourite songs and rhymes

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Hey baby – have a chat and help your baby develop awareness of their face

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Handheld lullaby – sing and soothe your baby (and yourself)

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Involve your baby in finding a solution

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  • C21.3

Notice the time of day when reading stories or watching TV  

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Sorting the washing – which clothes belong to who? 

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Let’s do some shoes and socks sorting 

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Artist’s impression – working out which end to draw or paint with

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Repeat the challenge, then make it harder – learning through trial and error

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Action songs to encourage your toddler to copy your moves

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Home-made slide – practising positioning toys with your toddler

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Whatever Next? - introducing symbolic play through stories

There are lots of great books that introduce the idea of symbolic play. One example is Baby Bear's use of everyday objects to travel to space in Whatever Next? This is a lovely bedtime story, full of adventure. Read the story to your toddler on several occasions. When they are more familiar with it, read the book at a time when your toddler is awake and alert. Pop out some of the items that baby Bear uses for his imaginative play in the book. Notice whether your toddler makes the link between the story and the items. You might be surprised to see them using the items like Baby Bear did, or they might have their own creative ideas. 

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Let’s tidy – get your toddler involved in everyday life tasks

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A little bit of this and a little bit of that – encourage curiosity in this exploratory activity

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