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Add communication skills when teaching turn taking by adding gestures and words.

What You Need:


  • None

What To Do:


  1. Help your toddler practice clasping her hands together and say “waiting hands.”

  2. When you are taking turns and it is not her turn, you can say, “my turn, show me your waiting hands.”  Start off by counting to 5 depending on the age of the toddler.

  3. Help the child focus on her waiting hands while she is waiting for her turn.