How the Universal Game of ‘Peek-a-Boo’ Helps Babies Develop Strong Communication Skills
An informative TED-Ed lesson by Homework Studio explains the universal appeal of peek-a-boo, noting how this simple, amusing game helps babies to develop strong communication skills in the future.
The game features several hallmarks of what researchers call social play: eye contact, turn-taking, and joint attention. These skills are the foundation of human conversation, and since it’s a conversation, what the adult does matters. … Some play researchers call this back-and-forth “serve and return” interaction,
