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Personal relationships
with peers
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Bubbles with Baby
Invite an older child to do something fun with your infant. Try letting the older
child blow bubbles outside, for example.
Sit the baby in a position where she can see the older child blowing bubbles
for her.
Encourage the older child to talk to the baby as she reaches for the bubbles.
Crawling babies may try to “chase” and catch the bubbles. Watch as the infant
and older child enjoy the activity together.
Join in the laughter and excitement.
Note: Make inexpensive bubbles by adding a small amount of water to dishwashing soap.
Let the older child dip a fly swatter in a pan of the soap and water. Wave the fly swatter
to make lots of tiny bubbles!
Playing Peek-a-Boo
Sit on a mat or rug with your child and another baby facing each other.
Play peek-a-boo starting with you. Hold a small scarf or cloth in front of your
face and say “Where is Mommy?” Take the scarf down and say “Here I am.
Peek-a-boo!”
Take turns playing peek-a-boo with each baby. Hold the scarf in front of one of
the baby’s faces and say “Where is Elena?” Take the scarf down and say “Here
she is. Peek-a-boo!”
Take turns saying the children’s names as you play peek-a-boo with them. The
game should call the babies’ attention to each other.
Have a few extra small scarves so the babies can take one and play peek-a-boo
with it. Supervise carefully and put the scarves away when the game is over.
A variation on this is to have an older child play the peek-a-boo game with
your baby.
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