Ladies, let's go full force with Liam with pretend play. I talked to Megan and she said that his goals are three:
1. Be flexible with the boundaries he still has about throwing and about ripping paper.
2. Be open and interactive in pretend play. Don't talk all the time, leave silent spaces for him to say something. Even if it is one word, that is his contribution to the play so build immediately on it. When playing with Alex and my two weeks ago, when we were feeding animals with food puzzle pieces, after rescuing them, I kept talking about being "animal rescuers" and in a space that was available, he said "zookeeper". So, we immediately built on it and tied the story to being zookeepers. It was his contribution and it was a great one.
3. Don't worry too much about the full sentences. Work on language around the pretend play. When he is regulated, feel free to push for full sentences, but if you see him inattentive, or jumpy, or stressed, keep modelling but don't push for the full sentence.
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