Asking questions
By including your child in your daily routines, you open up the opportunity for you and your child to discuss any number of topics and address questions in a meaningful conversation. As you engage in your daily routines with your child, you may talk about what you are doing, why you are doing it, and how it is meaningful not just to you or the child, but to the whole family. Having some one-to-one time with your child while engaging in daily activities allows your child the space and time to ask questions with your attention focused solely on him. Your child will benefit from observing and interacting with you while engaging in daily life activities with meaningful questions being posed and addressed. As you show how to attend to daily tasks, you can also encourage your child to consider why these things need to be done. This way, you are supporting your child in thinking more deeply about how to answer and pose questions clearly and intelligently. While children are a part of your daily routine, you may use the time to recall past events, predict what might happen next, or seek information related to the routine.
Relationships are built through trust and support and your child begins building his at home. Through mutual respect, positive and consistent time spent together, and involvement in daily routines, your child develops a deeper understanding of his place within the family community. All the skills your child learns through these routines may then be used when he goes into the wider community and builds relationships with other children and adults