A week of noticing
Notice six things Sounds, directions, finding things, touch, moving, and climbing.
What seems to help When something is hard right now, pick what helped.
A portrait in your words Strengths first, grouped by ears, eyes, body and hands.
Ears · Eyes · Body · Hands
Ears Hark notices sounds and how your child follows what you ask
Eyes Glance notices spotting and finding things
Body Modu notices touch, spinning and moving
Hands Planner notices climbing and building
What next? Pick a door
- More like this DialTots How does your body feel right now? WhyTots What happened to make that feeling? DuetTots How do you two take in the world?
- A bit harder PetTots What does your pet need today? PuppetTots Can you help the puppets? LaterTots Can you say it in your words?
- Something different FerryTots Can we help Lily cross the pond? DrumTots Can you keep Thump’s beat? PlopTots What will the block become here?
PortraitTots is built on the idea that children take in the world differently (Greenspan’s DIR model): a strengths-first picture of how your child takes in the world this week. It is not a screening, a test, or a diagnosis. (All words here are our own.)