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What is my child learning to do and what can I do to
help??
| 0-3 Months |
Learning to: |
What can you do to help? |
- Tolerate change from in utero environment
- Visually focus
- Gain better control of the head and neck
- Bring hands to midline
- Socialize
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- Avoid over-stimulation
- Know your baby's non verbal cues/ signals
- Present objects that are visually stimulating
(e.g. your face, rattles)
- Tummy time!! When awake and supervised on
a clean flat surface.
- Play inside lying (helps hand eye coordination)
- Encourage hand to hand and hand to mouth
activity
- Infant massage (great for bonding)
- Promote flexion ( e.g. supported sitting)
- Provide sensory experiences starting now
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| 3-6 Months |
Learning to: |
What can you do to help? |
- Roll
- Weight shift
- Clasp hands together
- Bring hands to his/her mouth
- Hold a rattle
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- Tummy time (again and again) when awake and
supervised
- Play inside lying (encourages hand eye coordination)
- Play patty cake
- Present rattles that are visually stimulating
- Continue to promote hand to mouth
- Respond verbally and through facial expressions
to what your baby is telling you
- Read to him/her
- Mimic his/her sounds
- Play music
- Repetition of words
- Pull him/her to sit (strengthens belly muscles)
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| 6-9 Months |
Learning to: |
What can you do to help? |
- Sit
- Bring feet to mouth
- Transfer objects hand to hand
- Crawl!
- Pull to stand
- Bang objects together
- Isolate fingers
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- Sit with bobby pillow
- When changing his/her diaper bring feet to
mouth
- Present object in one hand, demonstrate transfer
of object to other hand
- Place child on all fours, support at the
pelvis if needed
- Place furniture within child's reach to use
to pull up on
- Demonstrate banging objects together
- Allow fingers to explore in different textures
(e.g. poking)
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| 9-12 Months |
Learning to: |
What can you do to help? |
- Cruise
- Develop pincer grasp
- Hold spoon
- Walk
- Throw
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- Provide push toys (not walkers)
- Provide small items to pick up to develop
hand skills (supervised)
- Introduce spoon
- Walk with him/her holding hands (you in front
of him, not behind)
- Place pillows and cushions on the floor to
encourage crawling over (encourages body awareness
and depth perception)
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