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I’m a Big Kid Now
Look through magazines, color newspaper ads, or the Internet to find pictures
that represent two simple household tasks your child can help with.
For example, choose a picture of a dishwasher if your child is able to help take
spoons from the dishwasher, a bag of dog food if she can scoop food into your
pet’s bowl, or a toy box to represent cleaning up.
Help your child glue each picture onto the center of a paper plate. Let her put a
sticker on the plate whenever she helps with one of these “grownup” jobs.
Show pride in your child for learning to be a “big helper.”
“I Can Do It” Photo Album
Get a photo album.
Take photographs of your child trying and accomplishing new skills and let her
help place them in the album.
Add photos periodically to show new things your child is learning to do. Photograph
a variety of activities including
• physical skills, such as sliding down a slide and trying to ride a riding toy
• language skills, such as looking at a book and scribbling on a piece of paper
• cognitive skills, such as playing with shapes and looking through a magnifying
glass
• and social skills, such as playing with another child and having fun with
an adult
Encourage your child to share her “I Can Do It” photo album with family
members. You and your child will enjoy remembering these two-year-old
milestones in years to come!
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