Playing and Learning with your Child Washington DC

• Organize play dates for your child so she can practice social skills such as cooperation, sharing and being creative.
• Allow time for your child to solve some problems on her own. It's hard not to jump in and "save' them. But they need to learn how to be independent.
• Try to answer questions with short and simple language.
• Express pride in your three year old when they do something right.
• Take advantage of quiet moments to talk about how to solve conflict.
• Read counting books and also books which explore concepts like big and small or the same and different.
• Look into your child's eyes when speaking - new research shows this helps with discipline.
• Make up silly words and silly songs - ones that rhyme are always fun.
• Help your 3 year old make his own book. You could use photos or pictures cut out from magazines. Ask him to tell you what to write in  it. Then you can take it in turns "reading" it to each other. These types of activities are wonderful for your child's language skills.
• Have a few favorite books which you can read over and over again. Pretty soon they'll be finishing the sentences for you.
• Talk about fears. This lets your child know that it is perfectly normal to feel afraid and that all children feel this way at times. Ask your child what would make them feel better and practice this with them so they can develop good coping strategies from an early age.
• Join the local library and go every week so your child can choose her own books and express her personal interests.

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