acfbanner
 
 
 
 
Skip Navigation
Skip Navigation
 
Skip Navigation
 
 
Powerful Social FUN for Little Ones: Making a Difference with Infant Learning Games
 

Children develop an understanding of the consequences of their actions and interactions through play. This fact sheet provides staff and parents with information about the effect of play on child development, as well as some ideas for games for children with disabilities.

The following tip sheet is courtesy of the Research and Training Center on Early Childhood Development.



To read PDF files, get Adobe Acrobat Image here.

Powerful Social FUN for Little Ones: Making a Difference with Infant Learning Games

In this issue of If It Fits, we present (on the reverse side of this page) a handful of the active learning games described in Ready, Set, Play! Learning Games for Promoting Child Competence, a forthcoming book to be published by Winterberry Press. The games are best used with children whose abilities range from 2 to about 8 months of age developmentally. Consider these games as starting points for creating other games that appeal to a child's interests, strengths, and sense of fun. The child will be delighted as he or she experiences increasing control over interesting aspects of the people in his or her life. Just remember to allow plenty of time for your child to realize the connection between his or her action and the enjoyable social response it prompts. Soon your child will be performing the action again and again!

  • Stand By Me
  • Alley-Oop!
  • I Feel Good
  • Reach Out & Touch Someone
  • I'm Gonna Get You

More>> [PDF, 248KB]

Powerful Social FUN for Little Ones: Making a Difference with Infant Learning Games. If It Fits. Research and Training Center on Early Childhood Development. ED/OSERS/OSEP. 2003. English. [PDF, 248KB].