Share and take turns. Music very naturally encourages
turn taking. Picture babies passing instruments back
and forth to a teacher or toddlers taking turns with the
classroom’s toy drums. Caregivers may repeat the sounds
a baby makes with his voice or rattle; toddlers and their
teachers can take turns playing musical solos while the others
listen. Incorporating call-and-response songs (“Who Ate
the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?”, “Boom Chicka Boom”)
into your daily activities with toddlers also encourages turn
taking.