Block 4: Flexibility

Context: any time​

Setting: any location​

Materials: none​

Action:​

1. Ask your child to move (e.g., wiggle their body in place) when you give one hand signal (e.g., clapping hands) and to stop moving when you give a separate signal (e.g., palm up facing your child)

2. Practice this a few times and then invert the rule and ask your child to move when your palm is up and to stop moving when you start clapping​

Context: after playtime​

Setting: play area​

Materials: two types of toys (e.g., cars/trucks and animal figures), two containers​

Action:​

1. Set out two containers of different shapes and sizes.​

2. Ask your child to put one type of toy in one container and another type of toy in the other container. Say, "Put the balls in this one, and the cars in this one" (demonstrate where the items go)​

3. Remove the toys from the containers and switch where they go