What You Can Do Humor can ease tensions that are a natural part of caring for young children. Remember, games that have an element of surprise are baby's first jokes. Incorporate silly changes into everyday events. Surprise children by placing toys in unusual places. Stage by Stage Infants quickly learn how to elicit positive responses like laughter and smiles.
Toddlers begin to recognize and enjoy the absurd.
Young children need to know you are laughing with them and not at them. They are thrilled to have the adults in their lives join in. They giggle if someone talks in a shrill, high voice or holds his nose while speaking. Fours, too, enjoy expressing their own wonderful sense of humor with great big belly laughs. Even if they don't understand a joke, they tend to laugh heartily and may try making up and telling riddles and jokes of their own.