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100 ways to say I love you! to your disabled child.
All children crave time with their parents. Children with special needs are certainly no different. Each time you spend time with your child, you are saying I love you!
- Smile
- Give a hug
- Give a kiss
- Blow a kiss
- Tickle
- Say I love you!
- Play a game
- Read a book together
- Watch a DVD together
- Take a walk
- Go to see a movie
- Go to the park
- Go to the zoo
- Sing a song
- Blow bubbles
- Jump on the trampoline
- Swing on the swings
- Have ice cream
- Bake cookies
- Have a race
- Go swimming
- Color a picture together
- Play with playdough
- Order pizza
- Have a picnic
- Make pudding
- Eat popsicles together
- Paint pictures together
- Make a tent with a blanket
- Play flashlight games
- Go to watch fireworks
- Look at the stars
- Look at the clouds
- Call Grandma
- Listen to a CD
- Watch cartoons
- Make pudding pictures
- Play in the rain
- Go for a car ride
- Play on the slide
- Camp out in the livingroom
- Make a book of family photos
- Play pretending games
- Make shaving cream pictures
- Play Follow the Leader
- Make a cereal necklace
- Go camping
- Say I'm glad I'm your dad!
- Use a paper towel roll for a telescope
- Use a paper towel roll for a horn
- Make a book with magazine pictures
- Play Hide and Seek
- Dance
- Eat popcorn together
- Laugh
- Grin
- Make a snowman
- Make snow angels
- Go sledding
- Work a puzzle
- Go ice skating
- Play in the leaves
- Plant flowers
- Pick some flowers
- Plant some veggies
- Have a birthday party
- Plant a tree
- Play catch
- Hunt for eggs
- Say I'm proud of you!
- Go to parade
- Go to a concert
- Go to a play
- Say I'm glad I'm your mom!
- Hold hands
- Talk
- Listen
- Watch a butterfly
- Watch lightning bugs
- Start a collection
- Say You are great!
- Bounce a ball
- Spin around
- Jump rope
- Play hopscotch
- Go for a bike ride
- Play a card game
- Play I see something _____ (red, etc.)
- Shoot hoops
- Float boats
- Fly wooden planes
- Play balloon games
- Get punching balls
- Make a sock puppet
- Make paper bag puppets
- Watch some ants
- Watch a worm
- Giggle
- Play Peek-a-boo
- Draw with sidewalk chalk
Note: All children in this article are fictitious and represent general characteristics of the disability.
© 2006 Lynn Moore No portion of this article may be copied or distributed without the written consent of the author.
The copyright of the article To Special Needs Child:I Love you! in Special Needs Parenting is owned by Lynn Moore. Permission to republish To Special Needs Child:I Love you! in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
Comments
Feb 4, 2009 2:30 PM
Guest :
Thank you for doing this for parents of kids with special needs. I have an
intellectual disability. I was the first child in my family and it was hard
for me when I was little, and hard for my parents too.
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