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SUGGESTED STIMULI |
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BENEFITS |
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NEWBORN AND UP |
Follows objects visually. Gazes toward moving objects |
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Mobiles |
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Promote eye focus; auditory stimulation |
| Recognizes voices of different persons |
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Bright colour, bold pattern books or bumper |
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| Turns to sounds |
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Cuddling toys |
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Tactile stimulation, security feeling |
| Explores hands, feet and mouth |
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Musical toys |
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Build attention span; soothing |
| Smiles and makes laugh |
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Rattles |
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Sound awareness |
| Able to sit with support |
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Mirrors (non-breakable) |
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Encourage baby to lift his head, self discovery |
| Able to grasp |
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| Make sounds to express their emotion. |
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6 MONTH AND UP |
Able to crawl, stand or walk with support |
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Push-Pull toy/cars |
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Small and large muscle development |
| Better pincer grasp (use the thumb and index finger to pick up an object) |
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Stacking toys |
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Visual stimulation, small muscle co-ordination |
| Can sit up, roll over and clap hands |
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Drums |
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| Discovering the concept of cause and effect |
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Balls |
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Tactile stimulus (grasping, throwing) |
| Attuned to rhythm and beat to move his/her body |
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Activity cloth books |
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| Likes to pick up, open, push, pull or throw small objects around them |
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Toys or play mats with pockets or flips for peek-a-poo |
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| Likes to babble and waits for response |
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| Bangs on surfaces, shakes objects to make noise |
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| Manages to stack up things |
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12 MONTH AND UP |
Improves fine motor skills |
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Blocks and stacking toys |
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Eye hand co-ordination |
| Comprehends and follows instructions |
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Stuffed toys |
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Learn to socialize, emotion development |
| Able to categorize and recognize different sizes, shapes and colours |
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Shape sorters |
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Visual and tactile stimulation |
| Experiments with independence |
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Simple puzzles |
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Develop finger deterity and eye hand co-ordination |
| Possesive, Hasn't learnt to share |
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Toys with buttons, levers and lids |
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| Able to bend at waist to pick up objects |
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24 MONTH AND UP |
Runs full speed |
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Phones, tools, computer toys |
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Imitates adults, role playing |
| Better fine motor skills, can draw pictures |
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Pounding sets |
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Cause and efffect and small muscle development |
| Acquired to about three hundred words, starts to talk in phrases/sentences |
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Dolls/doll sets |
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Role Playing |
| Starts to enjoy playing with other children but is still very possesive |
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Art supplies |
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Stimulate creativity and imagination |
| Imitates adults |
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Blocks |
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Helps develop spatial concept |
| Takes things apart and fits them together again. Likes repetition |
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Books |
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Enrich their vocabulary, attention span |
