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193 activities with English and Chinese instructions. Browse by catalog age or development area, and log the activity you tried.
These are catalog age groups, not personalized recommendations or milestone deadlines. Choose for your baby's current abilities, stay close, and stop if your baby is uncomfortable. Added reminders are separate from the source instructions.
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4–6 months · 8
Clapping#010 · Hands
- Goal
- Improve hand-eye coordination
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 5 - 8 minutes
- How to do it
- When you are in front of the baby, clap your hands. Start slowly to try to get the baby to imitate you. You can also open and close your hands, grabbing small objects while he observes you.
- Related milestone in the source
- Clapping: might start clapping hands (between months 6 and 9).
Exploring Round Objects#021 · Hands
- Goal
- Improve ability to manipulate objects
- Materials
- Cylindrical/round objects
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 4 - 6 minutes
- How to do it
- Give the baby cylindrical or round objects and encourage him to hold them and explore them with his hands.
- Related milestone in the source
- Examines objects for a long period of time.
Grabbing & Handling - II#031 · Hands
- Goal
- Develop ability to hold objects with both hands at the same time
- Materials
- Big objects (big stuffed animal, small pillow, a ball, etc.)
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 4 - 6 minutes
- How to do it
- Give the baby large toys and objects that encourage him to use both hands to hold them and play with them. Stuffed animals, balls, or a small pillow would be effective.
- Related milestone in the source
- Two-Hand Hold: can hold objects with both hands.
Grasping Using 3 Fingers#032 · Hands
- Goal
- Improve ability to grasp
- Materials
- Wooden or plastic ring
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 5 - 8 minutes
- How to do it
- Give the baby a large wooden or plastic ring. Encourage him to use only his middle, ring, and pinkie fingers to grab it. You will likely need to help at first, but you can gradually decrease the level of assistance you provide him until he does it by himself. Repeat the exercise with other objects like large sticks or teething cookies.
Grasping Using Thumb & Index Fingers#033 · Hands
- Goal
- Improve ability to grasp
- Materials
- Objects with different shapes and textures (blocks, large wooden sticks, pieces of foam)
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 5 - 8 minutes
- How to do it
- Give the baby objects with different shapes and textures. Try to have him grab them with just his thumb and index fingers. Start with larger objects such as large wooden sticks or teething biscuits and gradually decrease their size.
- Related milestone in the source
- Radial Palmar Grasp: objects are secured using the radial side of the palm, the thumb, the index and the middle fingers; all other fingers remain flexed.
Heavy & Light Objects#034 · Hands
- Goal
- Improve ability to manipulate objects
- Materials
- Toys or objects with different weights
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 4 - 6 minutes
- How to do it
- Allow her to explore and handle objects with obvious differences in weight.
One Hand to the Other#056 · Hands
- Goal
- Improve hand-eye coordination
- Materials
- Toy
- Time or repetitions
- Repeat 3+ times on each side
- How to do it
- With the baby in a supported seated position, hold a toy in front of him on his right side, encouraging him to take it. Keep his right arm against his body, so that he needs to use his left to reach across to grab the toy. When he reaches the toy, let him have it and then repeat the exercise on the other side.
Playing with Fingers#061 · Hands
- Goal
- Increase the baby's awareness of its hands and fingers
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 5 - 8 minutes
- How to do it
- Play various games, trying to draw the baby's attention to each finger. For example, count from 1 to 10 grabbing each finger, or sing songs like "Where is Thumper?"
- Related milestone in the source
- Gets excited when realizes that it is playtime.