stacking cups
home learning pack
place one cup on top of another, balancing carefully count with stacking cups build different towers and shapes sort items inside the cups put items in and out of cups e.g., rice, pasta... awareness of different sizes, colours, and patterns develops problem solving skills develops gross-motor skills and hand-eye coordination
foil place your baby on their tummy, touch and lay on the foil to feel the texture and hear the sounds scrunch foil to make sounds and sing along to songs move and crawl around on the foil blanket develops body awareness develops concentration and visual tracking track the objects with their eyes and move their heads
Play is all of your interactions with your child! Help your child to join in with your activities throughout the day and watch them learn with you. Which tips will you try at home?
mirrors looking in the mirror with your baby develops their self-awareness during tummy time, a mirror can motivate your baby to lift their head, keep it up, and look around use mirror to identify familiar faces and track movements point to different parts of their face and learn the names of body parts that they might not usually see talk to your baby while holding a mirror promotes social skills
scarf play peek-a-boo using the scarf to develop object permanence - something is there even though I can't see it! sway scarf along with music can encourage self-regulation skills toss scarf back and forth to develop fine motor skills use scarf to hide objects to focus and memory skills use scarf as a pillow or blanket to feel the texture develops their senses
sensory balls
roll the ball gently over their arms or legs encourage them to squeeze the ball have them roll the ball between their hands use the ball to make sounds ask them to describe the ball, how it looks, smells or feels roll the ball on the floor develops their senses develops fine motor skills develops concentration and hand-eye coordination