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Joint attraction is when the child and caregivers jointly attend to an object or event, both parties share the same attentional focus. A joint attraction I saw using eye gaze and gestures is when Ms. F asked Nathaniel where does he want to play during center time. Nathaniel is an extremely shy boy who barely talks. He looked the way of the kitchen area and Ms. F also looked that way and later on Ms. F pointed to the kitchen area and said, “There? Kitchen area?” and both of them just stared at the kitchen area without saying anything. Within five seconds, Nathaniel nodded and said hat. (He was talking about the chef hat in the kitchen area). Joint attraction is very important because Nathaniel needed that one on one face interaction with Ms.

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