Every night before bed, encourage your child to review the day's events. Try to frame your questions so that they require more than a yes or no response. Reviewing the day's events can be especially helpful to parents of children in daycare or preschool because it helps you catch up on your child's activities. You may get the daily report from his teachers, but by talking with your child directly, you'll begin to see the world from his perspective. Catch it on tape.
Most kids love to perform for the camera.
Some kids will need no encouraging at all, and will immediately ham it up. Others may need a little more stage direction. If your tot has a favorite rhyme or song, ask him to perform it for the camera. Ask your child a series of questions, TV interview style. To accommodate short attention spans, play back your child's performance right away.