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Talk in g to you r y ou n g-ster ab ou t stran ger safety i s cr ucial.Bu t i t's also im p or u n t to let h imk n ow h e sh ou ld tel l you if any on e-su an ger or n o t- m ak es h i m feelu n com tor u b le. A ls o , ex p lain th at h en eeds you r perm ission to som e- goplace w ith an yon e, even i f i t's a per-s o n h e k n o w s .

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av o id cr ack ing! H ow m igh t th eI tsy Bi tsy Sp i der ca tch h er d in n erafter clim bing u p th e w ater spou t!A ll i t ta k es is a l i td e en gin eer ing!

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ch orus of "Sh e's star in g at m e!" Sth is. Rath er th an refereeing, calm lysen d you r ch i ldren to play in separ ateareas u n til th ey cool dow n . T h ey'll getthe m essage tha t you w on't tak e sid esi n a n a r g u m e n t

R ead nu rsery rh ym es togeth er,th en tr y th ese p roj ects th atbu i ld you r you ngsterS engi-n eeh n g sk i l ls .

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W hen y ou m ak e a sim p Ie m istak e,ask you r youn gster for adv ice. "O opsl cu t th is w rappin g too sh ort . paperA n y id eas fo r h ow to fix i t! " T h en ,

try h is su ggestion M aybe he'U sayy ou co u l d tap e an o th er p i ece to th eend . You 'l l show h im that you valu ehis op inion an d h elp h im learn top e r s e v e r e

h er design by dropping H u m p ty on thefl oor. I f h e cracks, she can red esign an dtes t a g a i n

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A go od lau gh v su n sh in e i n th eh ouse." W il liam M a hspsace T hacheray

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Su gges t that you r you ngster create acatap u l r to lau n ch Jack sa fely ov er a can -d l e s t i c k . S e t a n u n l i t c a n d l e o n t h e n o o r

T h e n l e t h e r b a l a n c e a r u l e r o n a b l o c k

(l ik e a seesaw ) an d pu t a toy figu re("Jack ") on one en d . W h en sh e p ush es

dow n on th e other en d ,Jack "ju m ps"ov er th e can d le ! I f Jack doesn 't m ak e i t,

you r ch i ld can m ak e adj ustm en ts

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The I tsy B itsy Spider cl im bed up thew ateP spou t. D ow n ca me the ra in andwashed th e sp ider out "

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n ick els i n you rp ock et. Tw o fallou t . W h at do youh av e in you rp ock et n ow !

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Hav e y ou r chi ld stack three craft stick i,fan them ou t)and glu e them togeth erin th e cen ter. T hen she can w eave yar naroun d them in to a "spiderw eb ." W iil l th ew eb catch th e spiderR din n er! To test h er

design, she could crum ple paper in to tinyballs (to represen t fl ies) an d tou th em atth e w eb w hile you h old i t up . E ncourageher to reinforce any h oles rvi th m orr yamif a fly gets thnou gh.l l

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Strong paren t-ch i ld b onds p rov id e l i ttle on es w ith a sen se of secu r ity an d b oostth ei r con fiden ce. G ive you r you ngster a case ot th e "w arm fuzzies" w ith th ese tipsfor say ing I lov e y ou

. U se a com p ar ison . " I love you l i k e loves o F orex am ple. " l Iove you l ik e W in ni e th e Pooh loves h on ey "

. Set asid e a sp ecial tim e w i th you r ch i Id an d d o h isfav or i te activ i ties , su ch as v isi tin g a p laygroun d.

. I nv en t a secret "I love y ou " signal for each oth er,p erh aps squ eezin g h is h an d th ree ti m es .

. W r i te a l ov e n o te to you r you n gster, an d seal itin an en velope. D el iv er h is "m ai l" to h im in person .

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B e a g o o d cit izel t's easy to en cou rage y ou r ch i l d to

b ecom e a good ci tizen . T h ese ideasw il l sh ow h ow obey in g rules , serv-in g oth ers, and tak in g care of prop-er ty m ak e y o u r co m m u n i ty a sater ,

m ore pleasan t p lace for every on e

Rea<h o ut to o the R . L et y ou r ch ildd o age-app rop n ate com m u n i tyserv ice. F or in stance, i f a fam i lyl oses th ei r h om e in a fi r e , h av e

P o ln t o u t m le s yo u f o l lo w . W h e n

b u ck l e y o u r sea t b el ts , o r u s e a \ y o u w a l k th e d o g o n a l ea sh ,

crossw alk , p oin t ou t that you 'rebeing good ci tizens Ask him how law s lik e these obey ingk eeps people (an d pets i ) safer H e m igh t say th at th e leashpreven ts h is pu ppy from r un n in g in to the street

h im h elp y ou p ick ou t a toy todon ate. O r tak e h im , th y outo p lay a gam e o r do a craftw i th an o lder n eigh bor w h ol i v es a l o n e

Ph o w re sp e ct fo r p ro P e rtr .

Togeth er, th in k of w ay s y oueach tak e care of property y ou

share w i th oth ers M aybe you rch i ld w il l say h e retu m s library b ook s on tim e so o th ers canread them A nd you m igh t tell h im how you refi l l the copierp aper at w ork i f y ou n oti ce i ts r un n ing low

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im pressi on s i n p lay dou gh . G ood ex am -p les in clu de coins, a k ey, a com b , a potatom ash er, an d sm aU toys

'. L et you r ch i ld rol l th e d ough flatW hi le sh e k eeps h er eyes closed , ch oosean obj ect , an d press i t in th e dough tom a ke an im pression

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l s m r ch i ld o n ta rg e t?Q My son seems to pich up someshi l ls mors slow ly than his class-

m a t es d o H ts t ea c h e r sa i d h e s h o w s n o

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signs of a developmental delay, a lthoughI can 't help but wor ry W ha t shou Id I do ?

A : You can feel con fi den t th at y ou r son 'steacher observes stu d en ts closely to dis-cov er w h at th ey k n ow - an d w h eth erth ey n eed ex tr a h elp

H ow ever, i t's h ard as a n o t to w orr y w h en y ou seoth er k ids do th in gs yourch i ld is s l l w or k in gon I t m ay h el p tok eep in m in d th at ch i l-d ren l ear n an d d ev el o pa t d i f fe r e n t r a te s O n e

stu den t m igh t pick u p

cou n ti n g n gh t aw ay w h i l e an o th erm igh t l ear n to w r ite h is n am e h r st

Try focusing on helpin g your sondev el op a lov e of lear n in g Sh ow in terestin th e w or k he br ings h om e Snuggle upan d read al ou d to h im A n d do p lay fu lleam ing acnv ines togeth er, su ch as sing-in g co u n tin g son gs, bu i ld i n g Wri th b lo ck s,or tak ing na ture w alks to obser ve plan u

o u con tinu e to b aver n s , as k th e tea ch er

a c o n f e r e n c e S h e

i U u p date y ou ony ou r son 's p rogress ,

an d y ou can askabou t w ays to h elp

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