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Shake It Up, Baby!
Make “shakers” for your infant to explore.
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Get 16 ounce, clear plastic drink bottles and remove all labels. Choose bottles
easy for your baby to hold. Put a different kind of colorful object inside each one:
• bells
• feathers
• pompoms
• beads
• pebbles or gravel (the type used in a fish bowl)
• water with beads
• water with food coloring and small objects
• water with vegetable oil, food coloring, and small objects (the oil and water
will separate and the colors change)
Use hot or “super” glue to fasten the lid securely.
Show your infant how to shake the bottles to hear different sounds and watch
the objects move. Show him how to roll the bottles on the ground and see and
hear what happens. If your baby is crawling, he can push the bottles and “chase”
them.
“Touch and Feel” Blocks
You will need an empty tissue box shaped like a cube.
Glue a different kind of fabric on each side of the box. Choose fabrics with different
textures such as:
• corduroy
• terry cloth (from an old towel or wash cloth)
• furry fabric
• cotton fabric (from an old tee shirt)
• fleece (from an old baby blanket)
•
textured wallpaper
Your infant will feel the different textures as she plays with this block! Use words
like “smooth,” “bumpy,” “furry,” and “soft” to describe the different materials.
Note: Ask fabric and wallpaper stores if they have samples or “leftovers” you can have.
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