What Parents and Caregivers Can Do to Promote Motor Play
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: Early Years (Birth-5), Motor (Age 0-1), Growth and Motor Skill Development, Parenting
- Provide objects in the crib for looking at, reaching, and kicking.
- Provide rattles and other objects to hold, bang together, and mouth.
- Include a variety of toys for the child to experience.
- Be certain that all toys and manipulatives are safe and childproof.
- Encourage new physical actions such as rolling over, sitting up, and crawling.
- Provide chairs and other sturdy objects to practice pulling up, standing, and walking.
- Provide small finger foods such as cereal pieces or cracker for older babies to practice fine-motor skills and self-feeding.
Excerpted From:
Excerpt from Play and Child Development, by J.L. Frost & S.C. Wortham & S. Reifel, 2008 edition, p. 95.
© 2008, Merrill, an imprint of Pearson Education Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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