The most important part of this chapter, from my experience, is on page 22 when it suggests we get face-to-face. Our research is repeatedly showing that eye contact is easier when children don't have to look up and only have to look side-to-side. While I don't prompt children to make eye contact, I want them to understand that they can get information by looking at others' eyes and faces and that's exactly what this chapter is about. On the following pages the book outlines various methods of communicative temptations that you can use to help children cue into facial expressions, eye gaze, and body langauge.
Here are some more games for increasing your child's attention to eyes and faces.
Here's a handout to help you reflect on how your plan for the eye/face games went.
Here's a handout to help you plan for using the "hook your child to look" strategy...
...and here's a handout to help you reflect on how your hook strategy went.