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fine motor
Rattle Grasp & Transfer
Best Age
Best Age
wk 16ā30
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About this play
Placing a lightweight rattle in your baby's hand and encouraging them to shake it and eventually pass it from one hand to the other is a fine-motor milestone in disguise. Hand-to-hand transfer means the two sides of the brain are starting to talk to each other, a skill that later supports crawling and using cutlery.
How to do it (Step by step)
- Offer a small rattle to one open hand.
- Shake your own rattle to encourage them to copy you.
- Gently offer a second rattle to the free hand to prompt a swap.