Between 6 and 12 months of age…
The following is an excerpt from my book From Rattles to Writing: A Parent’s Guide to Hand Skills.
“You will see your child begin to adjust her hands more and more to the way she sees
objects being presented to her. For example, when presented with a vertical cardboard tube, she will position her wrist with the palm facing
the middle of her body so that the tube will fit into her hand (at around 9 or 10 months). When the same tube is presented horizontally, she will position the palm facing downward.
She will also begin to shape her hands to grasp objects according to the object’s shape and size. These visually guided movements not only help
your baby grasp more effectively, but also release with greater accuracy. By twelve months of age, she will be able to release objects into a container and grasp and release one large block to place on top of another.”
These Early Visual Perceptual Skills Develop Spatial Relationships-
Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities may find it challenging to orient objects correctly in order to fit them into containers. The following post shows how I designed a repetitious activity to reinforce learning about spatial relationships…
From Rattles to Writing: A Parent’s Guide to Hand Skills-
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