A joke never seems to get old at this age. Not only does your toddler enjoy repetition, they want you to laugh along with them again and again. Acknowledging and reacting to things they find funny builds their sense of connection with you as well as their sense of humor. Laugh along with them at a loud noise or a strawberry that fell on the ground. Whether they have funny characters, funny words, or funny rhymes, any books that are silly and goofy promote the enjoyment of reading.
Make goofy sounds and funny noises with your mouth while you play. They may imitate and then you imitate and so on… hang in there with all the repetition and try to have fun. Contort your face into different funny faces and shapes. Cross your eyes, stick out your tongue, or push out your lips. Encourage your child to make the funny face, as well. You can even show them what they look like in a mirror. Pretend to fall over. Young children are often tickled by slapstick humor, which is humor that is based on being clumsy or embarrassing.
When you are walking near your child, pretend to fall down. If they bump into you, you can also pretend to fall, and they will find it hilarious that they could make someone so much larger than them fall. You can also drop things on purpose. Make sure it is not sharp or breakable, however. Make a funny noise when you fall, then say, "Oops-I made a mistake. Make a funny rhyme or a silly song.
They will also begin laughing even before you finish the rhyme. Songs are a great way to teach the toddler how to do things while entertaining them at the same time. Call them a funny name. You might also develop funny pet names for them that you can use to make them laugh. Make a funny noise. Toddlers also often find funny noises hilarious. Pretend to fall asleep while you are playing with them and then begin to fake snore.
You can also make sound effects when you are playing with their toys or feeding them their dinner. Pretend that their spoon or fork is an airplane.
Avoid teaching them noises that mimic bodily functions like burping. They might do this in public and it could be embarrassing. Method 3. Incongruity between pictures and sounds a horse that says moo is also funny for this age group. And as they become more aware of bodily functions and of what gets a parent's goat, preschoolers often start delighting in bathroom humor.
As kids move into kindergarten and beyond, basic wordplay, exaggeration, and slapstick will all be increasingly funny. They may discover the pleasure of telling simple jokes it's fun to be the one who knows the punchline!
Older grade-schoolers have a better grasp of what words mean and are able to play with them — they like puns, riddles, and other forms of wordplay. They'll also start making fun of any deviation from what they perceive as "normal" forms of behavior or dress, and gross-out jokes related to bodily functions are a hit too. But kids this age are also developing more subtle understandings of humor, including the ability to use wit or sarcasm and to handle adverse situations using humor.
It's never too early to start developing a child's sense of humor. Babies' smiles and laughs are so delightful that we often do this intuitively — smiling, blowing raspberries, or tickling them many times a day just to hear a chuckle. It's important to keep up this encouragement as kids grow.
When you're playful and humorous with your child, delighting in silliness and laughter, you help him or her develop a playful and humorous attitude about life.
One of the best ways to do this from the toddler years on is to spend time every day being receptive to the many opportunities your child gives you to smile or laugh. Be spontaneous, playful, and aware of what your child finds funny at different ages. Also be game enough to laugh so the jokes don't fall flat.
Be a humor model. One of the best things you can do to develop your child's sense of humor is to use your own. Make jokes. Tell funny stories. Laugh out loud. A joke involving irony involves not only knowing how someone else sees events, but knowing how they think you see them.
As your kids grow older, though, this will start to change. People can be too worried about grisliness when making kids laugh, says Douieb. School children also have a broader knowledge base than adults sometimes assume. Douieb has riffed on things he thought only grown-ups would get, forgetting that children are at school learning history, geography, maths and science.
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