Teaching Imitation During Bathtime
· Model working shampoo into your hair.
· Model working shampoo into your hair.
· Model washing a body part, or you and your child could wash two body parts simultaneously. (e.g., You wash one of their legs while they wash the other.)
· Model washing a body part, or you and your child could wash two body parts simultaneously. (e.g., You wash one of their legs while they wash the other.)
· Model bath toy play, including scooping and pouring water, blowing bubbles, washing toys with a cloth, sponge, or watering can, pretending to have boats, toy fish, or dolls swim under or on the water, etc.
· Model bath toy play, including scooping and pouring water, blowing bubbles, washing toys with a cloth, sponge, or watering can, pretending to have boats, toy fish, or dolls swim under or on the water, etc.
· Draw lines or shapes on the tub wall using bath crayons or paints.
· Draw lines or shapes on the tub wall using bath crayons or paints.
· Make small and large splashes in the water.
· Make small and large splashes in the water.
· Model scooping up a pile of bath bubbles and placing them on your head or on your chin.
· Model scooping up a pile of bath bubbles and placing them on your head or on your chin.
· Add songs & nursery rhymes to your play, modeling actions when needed. Some examples:
· Add songs & nursery rhymes to your play, modeling actions when needed. Some examples:
--Five Green & Speckled Frogs
--Five Green & Speckled Frogs
--Five Little Ducks
--Five Little Ducks
--I Had a Little Turtle
--I Had a Little Turtle
--Row, Row, Row Your Boat
--Row, Row, Row Your Boat
--Itsy-Bitsy Spider
--Itsy-Bitsy Spider
--Rub-a-Dub-Dub, Three Men in a Tub
--Rub-a-Dub-Dub, Three Men in a Tub
--Rain, Rain, Go Away
--Rain, Rain, Go Away