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7 Thinking Bag – Tips for Home Activities for Infants o Read a variety of books and stories with your young baby. Certainly, reading to infants encourages speech and language development and is a great way to interact and communicate with your baby. The earlier babies are exposed to reading, the more they will enjoy reading and learning. Recommended Thinking Routine: See/Think/Wonder: This Thinking Routine encourages us to make careful observations and thoughtful interpretations. It helps stimulate curiosity and sets the stage of inquiry. Model the language. Ask your baby what he/she sees in the illustrations of books. Name colors, shapes and everything that comes to his/her attention. Ask your baby what he/she thinks it will happen in this story. Wonder with your baby and tell him/her aloud “I wonder what will happen in this book” I wonder what is the story about” “I wonder what will happen next” Use the Connection Thinking Key: How is this story or image related to other things? Where might I see or experience it again? What is something new or different? Relationship, like, change, similarities. o Allow your young baby to explore cloth books and books with touch-and-feel textures. These kind books are appealingly designed to stimulate a baby’s burgeoning sensory awareness.