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· Before beginning, observe your child to determine their current ability to wait. As a result, you’ll begin with realistic expectations for their performance and progress.
· Before beginning, observe your child to determine their current ability to wait. As a result, you’ll begin with realistic expectations for their performance and progress.
· Teach with the self-awareness that you’ve been practicing waiting for decades. Having patience with your child and giving them frequent positive and specific feedback will be the keys to your success.
· Teach with the self-awareness that you’ve been practicing waiting for decades. Having patience with your child and giving them frequent positive and specific feedback will be the keys to your success.
· Incorporate visual and gestural prompts. They give your child additional sensory support that encourages attention and promotes comprehension.
· Incorporate visual and gestural prompts. They give your child additional sensory support that encourages attention and promotes comprehension.
• Alternate practice waiting with opportunities for your child to get what they want or need immediately. This is especially important when basic needs are involved such as food, sleep, and comfort.
• Alternate practice waiting with opportunities for your child to get what they want or need immediately. This is especially important when basic needs are involved such as food, sleep, and comfort.
• Incorporate routines and songs into practice. Some examples:
• Incorporate routines and songs into practice. Some examples:
--Count down: “5-4-3-2-1, waiting is all done!" or “3-2-1, your turn!”
--Count down: “5-4-3-2-1, waiting is all done!" or “3-2-1, your turn!”
--“We’ll wait for just one ABC Song, then we’re all done. Ready? A, B, C,…!”
--“We’ll wait for just one ABC Song, then we’re all done. Ready? A, B, C,…!”
--“We are waiting, we are waiting, for a turn, for a turn. We are waiting, we are waiting, for a turn, for a turn.” (To the tune of Are You Sleeping?)
--“We are waiting, we are waiting, for a turn, for a turn. We are waiting, we are waiting, for a turn, for a turn.” (To the tune of Are You Sleeping?)
• Model self-control when you’re waiting. (e.g., At the store: “It’s so hard for me to wait for my turn to pay. Let’s sing the ABC's while we wait!”)
• Model self-control when you’re waiting. (e.g., At the store: “It’s so hard for me to wait for my turn to pay. Let’s sing the ABC's while we wait!”)
• Share engaging activities with your child that offer opportunities to practice waiting. Some examples:
• Share engaging activities with your child that offer opportunities to practice waiting. Some examples:
--Red Light, Green Light
--Red Light, Green Light
--Greg & Steve’s The Freeze
--Greg & Steve’s The Freeze
The Freeze Dance
--Freeze small toys in a bowl of water. Use a plastic eye dropper, baster or small pitcher to pour water on the ice until it melts, releasing the toys.
--Freeze small toys in a bowl of water. Use a plastic eye dropper, baster or small pitcher to pour water on the ice until it melts, releasing the toys.
--Prepare and bake a favorite dessert.
--Prepare and bake a favorite dessert.
**Click on the files below for the option to print out suggested visuals.
**Click on the files below for the option to print out suggested visuals.
Visuals for Waiting GS.pdfWait Visuals
RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT.pdfRed Light, Green Light Visuals
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