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Fine motor skills
Hand to Mouth
Get a clean, soft and pliable infant rattle made of terry cloth or plastic.
Lay your infant on his back on the bed or a soft floor mat.
Lean over your baby and gently shake the rattle so she sees the rattle and hears
the sound.
Say in a soothing voice,“Can you hear the pretty sound? Can you reach it? Yes,
reach for the rattle!”
As your baby responds and raises her arms, place the rattle in the center of
either of her hands.
When she grasps the rattle, you can release it.
Continue to make eye contact with your baby and say,“Can you shake the rattle?
Shake, shake, and shake!”
As she waves her arms with the rattle, she will aim the rattle toward her face to
explore it with her mouth!
Continue to talk with and respond to your baby as long as she wants to play
with the rattle.
If your infant turns her face away several times, she may be letting you know that
she is over stimulated and needs a change of pace.
Dumping Allowed!
Find a shoe box or other small lightweight container.
Fill the box with cloth or vinyl soft blocks or rubber toys.
Put it on the floor next to your infant.
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Observe to see if your baby turns over the box and dumps out the contents.
If so, look into the empty box and say “All gone! Where are the toys?”
As your infant picks up and touches the items he dumped, talk about each item.
Say for example,“Here’s a red block,” or “Here’s the little pony.”
Help your baby fill the box back up, because the fun is in the dumping!