10-minute connection

Join Their Play

Join Their Play

For ten minutes, step into whatever world they’re already in.

⏱ 10 mins ♡ Free ⌂ Home
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
• Nothing.
• Just notice what they’re already doing.
GET STARTED ↓
This one starts with your child...

Find a moment when your child is already happily playing...building a track, drawing, making a tiny world, playing dolls, kicking a ball, lining up cars or doing something you don’t entirely understand.

Instead of watching from a distance or suggesting something else, move a little closer.

Ask if you can join.

Then for ten minutes, enter their world instead of pulling them into yours.
♡
Make it yours. Skip something, change something, use what you have — the plan is here to make things easier.
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STEP 1

Find Their World

Look for something they’re already absorbed in.

Don’t announce a new activity, bring supplies, or try to improve what they’re doing.

Just notice where their attention already is and go there.

💬 WHAT TO SAY
“Can I come and play too?”

OR

“Can you show me what you’re doing?”
Find Their World
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STEP 2

Follow Their Lead

Sit beside them and let them explain.

If the red car is apparently the fastest car in the universe, it is.

If the teddy is the doctor and you’re the patient, congratulations you’re the patient.

If they want you to play computer games with them, you give it your best try.

Try not to turn the moment into teaching, correcting or showing them a “better” way.

💬 WHAT TO SAY
“What happens next?”

“Show me how this works.”

“What should I do?”
Follow Their Lead
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STEP 3

Stay Curious

Give them your attention for a few minutes.

Ask questions because you’re genuinely interested, not because you’re trying to steer the game somewhere.

Laugh with them. Copy them. Let the rules change without warning. 😂

You don’t need to stay for an hour. Five or ten minutes of truly entering their world can be enough.

💬 WHAT TO SAY
“Tell me about this bit.”

“Whoa...and then what happened?”

“Can you teach me?”
Stay Curious
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That's it. ❤️

Change anything. Skip anything. Make it yours.
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