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Whether it\u2019s a baby doll<\/strong> or your baby\u2019s favorite stuffed animal, pretending to take care of it can be a great way to teach speech and language skills. As I have stated in previous posts, pretend play is important for many developmental skills. It also can give your child a sense of playing an important role within the family. It\u2019s a great way to prepare your kiddo for becoming a big brother\/sister!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Before the age of 2, you will see your child engaging in some independent pretend play. They may begin to imitate some everyday routines they see parents\/caregivers doing, such as wiping up the table or try on their highchair or booster seat. Similarly, they may pretend to feed dolls<\/strong> or stuffed animals<\/strong>, wash them, change their diaper, or dress\/undress them. Much the same as these consistent routines YOU are helping them with! If you do not see your child engaging in this type of play, you can demonstrate it for them. If they are playing in their play kitchen, show them to pretend to give the doll or stuffed animal a drink. Model sounds\/words\/word combinations to \u201ctalk\u201d for the toy. For example, \u201cMilk please.\u201d, \u201cThank you.\u201d, make a sipping sound, then \u201cahhhhh\u201d or \u201cmmmm, yummy!\u201d. Pretend to give the doll or stuffed animal a bath and narrate what you are doing. \u201cTime to get a bath!\u201d, \u201cWash, wash, wash\u201d, or talk about what you\u2019re washing to work on labeling body parts. For example, \u201cWash toes!\u201d, etc. Then you can incorporate transitioning the baby from getting a bath to getting dry and dressed. You can model \u201cWe need a towel\u201d, \u201cDry, dry, dry\u201d, then \u201cAll done!\u201d, \u201cPajamas on\u201d, \u201cFeet in\u201d, \u201cArms in\u201d, etc. In addition, you can expand this further to a bed time routine and they can help you put the baby to bed. Model \u201cNight-night baby\u201d and give your child directions to \u201cGive the baby a blanket\u201d or \u201cGive baby a kiss\u201d, etc(then make the kissing sound). <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

These activities can help build your child\u2019s vocabulary, ability to make sounds, and turn taking skills with you. It may even help with some of these routines if they give you a hard time getting through it without a meltdown. Pretending to take care of a favorite toy builds their speech and language development, pretend play skills, social skills, and so much more!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sounds\/words to include:<\/strong> baby, eat, sit, drink, wash, water, milk, juice, names of foods, soap, bubbles, pop, body parts, names of clothing, night-night, all clean, all done, on, off, be, blanket, shhhhh, ahhhhhh, mmmmmmm, yum\/yummy, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whether it\u2019s a baby doll or your baby\u2019s favorite stuffed animal, pretending to take care of it can be a great way to teach speech and language skills. As I have stated in previous posts, pretend play is important for many developmental skills. It also can give your child a sense of playing an important … Continue reading TAKING CARE OF BABY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTAKING CARE OF BABY - pretend play and learning language<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pretend play provides a naturally opportunity to teach young child many new sounds and words. 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