Sabotage..a great strategy to entice your child to talk.

This is one of my favorite strategies to get children to talk.  Sabotage sets up the need for a request.  Here is a senario from a parent/child interaction that I witnessed: Child:  “Bubbles” Parent:  “Here you go” (takes the lid off and starts blowing) Child: (quietly pops bubbles) I explained sabotage to Mom and here