Follow It
Follow It
Follow It
Location: indoor
Materials: a ball or other toy
Help your infants practice their visual tracking, whether they are lying on their backs or stomachs or being held in your arms. Hold a toy up for the infant to see, roll it around the floor or air slowly. Watch how they are watching you.
Possible Extensions:
- Infants love the element of surprise! As they develop and are better at tracking your movement of the toy include some surprises (ex: the toy "disappearing" behind you and then "reappearing" again on the other side)
What We're Learning:
What We're Learning:
- social / emotional (enjoying playing with other people)
- movement / physical (holding head steady without support)
- cognitive (reaching for toy with one hand, following moving things with eyes from side to side)