Getting to grips with object exploration, handling and manipulation
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New How infants use their hands to grow their minds
An overview of how encouraging hand function helps to develop infant attention and cognitive abilities. For parents on the SfA Developmental Gym website
New How to set up a play mat to encourage hand function (reach, grasp, manipulation)
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Perspectives
- Attention is the magic ingredient for learning new hand (fine motor) skills
- A research based guide to observing infant object exploration
- Foundation manual behaviors birth - 5 months
- How infants use their hands to grow their brains (On the SfA Infant and Toddler Developmental Gym website)
Overview
- Infant hand function birth to 6 months
- Infant hand function 7 - 15 months
- From object exploration to goal directed actions: 10-18 months
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Hand Function Tutorials
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