Movement and Hand Skills

What this helps your child practice

Reaching and moving.

Materials needed

Toys, or simple toys like rattles.

Simple instructions

1. 1Place toys just out of your baby's reach to encourage reaching and moving.
2. 2Use simple toys like rattles to encourage touching and holding.

Ways to include it in everyday routines

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What this helps your child practice

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Materials needed

Chairs or cardboard boxes.

Simple instructions

1. 1Make tunnels out of chairs or cardboard boxes for your baby to crawl and move through.

Ways to include it in everyday routines

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What this helps your child practice

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Materials needed

Different-sized containers.

Simple instructions

1. 1Give your toddler different-sized containers so they can put the small ones into larger ones.

Ways to include it in everyday routines

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What this helps your child practice

Hand and finger muscles for writing, buttoning and cutting.

Materials needed

Playdough in different colors.

Simple instructions

1. 1Let your child play with playdough by squishing it, pressing it, pinching it, and making balls in different colors.

Ways to include it in everyday routines

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