Have well-planned areas that allow babies maximum space to move, roll, stretch and explore in safety indoors and outdoors.
Provide resources that move or make a noise when touched to stimulate babies to reach out with their arms and legs.
Health and Bodily Awareness
Practise movement skills through games with beanbags, cones, balls and hoops.
Plan feeding times that take account of the individual and cultural feeding needs of young babies, remembering that some babies may be used to being fed while sitting on the lap of a familiar adult.
Introduce baby massage sessions that make young babies feel nurtured and promote a sense of well-being.
Using Equipment and Materials
Have baskets of small colourful toys near to where you feed a young baby, or attached to the pram, buggy or soft chair.
Provide objects to be sucked, pulled, squeezed and held, to encourage the development of fine motor skills.
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