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<br />of mu'iageneratiattal play; as many
<br />occur around that age = constructing sentences; running, engaging
<br />grandparents are able to push a bat) y
<br />in make-believe and many others, including attuning to your caregivers. This
<br />in a bucket -style swing or (unsafel�)
<br />lattermost process goes both ways, of course — attunement also includes the
<br />sit on a larger swing while holding
<br />process of a caregiver focusing on a child's vocalizations, body language and
<br />a toddler in the lap. But, this does
<br />facial expression in order to understand what he or she needs, wants and feels.
<br />nothing for attunement, as eye con-
<br />tact cannot be achieved.
<br />Exciting new innovations in play- to have a nice smile — when their eyes
<br />Tom Norquist, senior vice presi-
<br />ground design and manufacturing, meet there is a mutually joyful expres-
<br />dent at GameTime, had long been
<br />coupled with increasing attention on sion,” says Dr. Stuart Brown, founder
<br />pondering the play mechanics of
<br />the science of play, are introducing and president of the National Insti-
<br />traditional swings. "Having studied
<br />new and beneficial ways for genera- tute for Play. "That rhythmic union is
<br />children swinging for years ... you
<br />tions of family to develop deep, mean- what I would call attunement."
<br />see that when you put a toddler in
<br />ingful bonds through play. Any piece of playground equip-
<br />a full -bucket seat, and the adult nor-
<br />ment that allows for face-to-face
<br />mally pushes form behind, that inter -
<br />Look Me in the Eye contact — see -saw, multiple-occu-
<br />action is not as desirable," Norquist
<br />"When mother and infant face each pancy swing, some spinners — can
<br />says. Working with his students at
<br />other — and the infant is old enough aid in attunement, but not all are
<br />Auburn University's Industrial De -
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<br />neigh aorho4.d.PP aYgrou' 1. 166' an irr_�GrTArit 00l fir
<br />r
<br />i1
<br />r 4lrn a. trip'to the
<br />Ry Samantha Bartram
<br />oti ma), not rein embcr yoiir IIIc as a three-year-old child. It',, )i„onra!
<br />tvaillible to a tv en.
<br />atier all, that Nvas a long ti me ago ,In(i l ife changes signincanuy as
<br />pwsr,, at least allow Tor some -level
<br />we age. Still, sonic n1` YOMmost criucatl developmental milestones '.
<br />of mu'iageneratiattal play; as many
<br />occur around that age = constructing sentences; running, engaging
<br />grandparents are able to push a bat) y
<br />in make-believe and many others, including attuning to your caregivers. This
<br />in a bucket -style swing or (unsafel�)
<br />lattermost process goes both ways, of course — attunement also includes the
<br />sit on a larger swing while holding
<br />process of a caregiver focusing on a child's vocalizations, body language and
<br />a toddler in the lap. But, this does
<br />facial expression in order to understand what he or she needs, wants and feels.
<br />nothing for attunement, as eye con-
<br />tact cannot be achieved.
<br />Exciting new innovations in play- to have a nice smile — when their eyes
<br />Tom Norquist, senior vice presi-
<br />ground design and manufacturing, meet there is a mutually joyful expres-
<br />dent at GameTime, had long been
<br />coupled with increasing attention on sion,” says Dr. Stuart Brown, founder
<br />pondering the play mechanics of
<br />the science of play, are introducing and president of the National Insti-
<br />traditional swings. "Having studied
<br />new and beneficial ways for genera- tute for Play. "That rhythmic union is
<br />children swinging for years ... you
<br />tions of family to develop deep, mean- what I would call attunement."
<br />see that when you put a toddler in
<br />ingful bonds through play. Any piece of playground equip-
<br />a full -bucket seat, and the adult nor-
<br />ment that allows for face-to-face
<br />mally pushes form behind, that inter -
<br />Look Me in the Eye contact — see -saw, multiple-occu-
<br />action is not as desirable," Norquist
<br />"When mother and infant face each pancy swing, some spinners — can
<br />says. Working with his students at
<br />other — and the infant is old enough aid in attunement, but not all are
<br />Auburn University's Industrial De -
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