At home, school, church, or a club or group, consider including these five ideas when working with young children.
- Read aloud to promote imagination and word skills.
- Rhyme (plus talk, sing, and play together) to develop language skills.
- Routines develop independence and help kids be part of the family, school classrooms and beyond.
- Recognition not rewards. Praise the activity completed:’I see you have finished the puzzle all by yourself,” “Thank you for helping carry the boxes into the shelves.”
- Relationships with family, friends, clubs, and neighbors develops a sense of belonging to various communities around them.