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Hat Trick
Sit on a mat or carpet with two or three infants. Have a silly hat for yourself and
smaller hats for the infants.
Put on your hat, laugh, and make a funny face to try to get one of the babies
to laugh.
When one baby begins to laugh, let her put a hat on her head if she wants to. Say
“Look, Delilah is wearing a silly hat. How funny! Do you want a hat, Basil?” When
Basil reaches for a hat, give him one. Some children may want to put the hat on
and then take it off quickly. Others may want to hold it instead of putting it on
their head, or just watch.
Encourage laughter and continue to talk about what each child is doing. Help
them notice each other.
Friendship Pool
Outdoors, set out a small empty plastic swimming pool. Place a blanket on the
bottom to keep it from getting too hot.
Put a few toys in the pool between two infants who are facing each other. Be
sure there are enough for each child to have toys of their own.
Watch them play with the toys and watch each other.
Describe what each child is doing to help them become aware of each other.
Store the pool indoors so it does not get hot or damaged by the weather.