{"id":156,"date":"2008-10-28T18:04:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T01:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=156"},"modified":"2009-09-30T18:08:36","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T01:08:36","slug":"lets-go-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=156","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Go Outside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Through physical play outdoors, your child develops confidence in herself as she sees her physical skills grow. This self-confidence can translate into social confidence: Children who feel good about their physical abilities tend to view themselves more positively in general.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Your baby probably invites you to play by making sounds, looking intently at you and smiling, or by crawling over to you, dragging a toy along in his hand. When you cue into his signals, you help him begin to build confidence that he can make things happen! This opens the door for further development of social skills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Toddlers tend to play beside each other \u00e2\u20ac\u201d sometimes with the same toys \u00e2\u20ac\u201d but not necessarily with each other. They are playing &#8220;alone together.&#8221; Make sure there are multiple items of the same kind of toy \u00e2\u20ac\u201d two shovels, two little cars \u00e2\u20ac\u201d so your child can play and not fight over an item. Your child will begin to see others as part of the play potential and not as competitors. Children can relax and enjoy play and not have to be on guard to protect their playthings from others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Great Outdoor Games for Babies and Toddlers<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Talk to the animals. Make a point of going somewhere outside where your baby will see animals (the park, a zoo, and so on). Hold your infant so she feels secure, but make sure she has visual contact with the animal (after you&#8217;re assured the animal is &#8220;baby friendly&#8221;!). Ask: &#8220;What does the doggie say?&#8221; If your little one does not yet make the sound, make it for her. Most likely, the animal will soon respond. This dialogue will reinforce your baby&#8217;s idea of social &#8220;conversation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Ribbon dance. Tie wrapping ribbon (use a variety of colors) around plastic bangle bracelets or &#8220;six-pack&#8221; holders. Put on music and dance with your child while you both move your arms to wave the ribbons. This game will help your child understand social expression.<\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Trebuchet MS\" size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12pt 0in 3pt; background: white;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12pt 0in 3pt; background: white;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12pt 0in 3pt; background: white;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through physical play outdoors, your child develops confidence in herself as she sees her physical skills grow. This self-confidence can translate into social confidence: Children who feel good about their physical abilities tend to view themselves more positively in general. \u00c2\u00a0 Your baby probably invites you to play by making sounds, looking intently at you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,10,36,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}