My Shadow
This helps stimulate your toddler's symbolic capacity. To begin this activity, turn the lights off in the room or dim the lights. Take a lamp and point it to one of your child's body parts and show him that as he moves, a shadow will appear! Now ask him t
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What you'll need
You'll need a flashlight. This helps stimulate your toddler's symbolic capacity.
How it works
- 1~30s
Alright, let's get started! The purpose of this activity is to stimulate your toddler's symbolic capacity. Therefore we'll be exercising a linguistic developmental area, more specifically the development and understanding of spoken language. To complete this activity, you will need a flashlight. you, watch your child closely — I'd love to hear what you notice about how they responds.
Watch for: Toddler repeat names of body parts when they're said.
- 2~30s
Great, now let's try the next part. To begin, turn the lights off in the room or dim the lights. Take a lamp and point it to one of your child's body parts. And show him or her that as he or she moves, a shadow will appear. Tell me what your child does — any reaction counts!
Watch for: Toddler name more than three body parts.
- 3~30s
One more thing to try. Now ask him or her to name that body part that has light. During this exercise, observe if your toddler repeats the name of different body parts when they are mentioned. This can be due to stimulate growth in your child every day. How does your child handle this? What do you see?
Watch for: Toddler thi helps stimulate your toddler's symbolic capacity.