Monday’s Parenting Thought

Want to make your child laugh?

Depending on the age of your children:

• Play peek-a-boo.

• Make funny faces

• Wear your clothes in a funny way.

• Make up silly words like ooey gooey, bug-a-boo, squiggly wiggley.

• Add a fun word to a name like Jumping Jane, Gabby Abby, Willy Nilly, Smart Marty, Clean Jean.

• Make unusual sounds or change your voice making it higher or lower.

• Walk backwards

• Put a hat on upside down.

• Pretend you need a band-aid for a freckle or for a scratch on the car.

• When your kids try to make you laugh ( for example, with knock-knock jokes), laugh with them – funny or not.

Inspired by DOCTOR TED by Andrea Beaty

More about children and humor at: Make-Believe and Funny: Two Good Things