Cover -- Giggle Time - Establishing the Social Connection -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Introduction -- 1 Developing a Turn-Taking Sequence -- What is a giggle game? -- Looking for possible turns -- Building a sequence of turns -- Altering your turn -- Three components of successful turn-taking -- 2 Developing Staying Power -- Following the child's lead -- Using Rhyme -- Using movement -- Using imitation -- Using props -- Setting the pace -- 3 Expecting More -- Delaying your turn -- Repeating the cue -- Dropping a word -- 4 Encouraging Initiation -- Seizing the moment -- Using props -- Physical prompts -- 5 Verbal Play: Pre-Conversational Speech -- What is verbal play? -- Verbal play - Stages 1 to 5 -- Developing verbal play through movement and touch -- Developing verbal play through rhythm and rhyme -- Developing vebal play through visual cues -- Developing verbal play without movement, rhythm and rhyme, or visual cues -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.