Activities
The “Activities for Your Baby/Child” section of the Screen forms is intended to provide parents and other caregivers with information and activities to enhance their infant’s or child’s development. Each activity has an icon to represent a primary area of development. If parents have questions or concerns about the appropriateness of any activity for their infant/child they should contact a healthcare or childcare professional. Each activity is coded with an icon to represent a primary area of development.
The icons are as follows:
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Cognitive Activities:
Promote knowledge, memory, reasoning and perception through the use of touch, smell, taste, hearing and vision. |
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Gross Motor (Large Muscle) Activities:
Promote the development of balance, coordination, strength and body awareness through movement. |
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Fine Motor (Small Muscle) Activities:
Promote the development of strength and control of the arms and hands.
Encourage eye-hand coordination through play. |
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Emotional Awareness Activities:
Encourage a sense of safety and security.
Promote the understanding and expression of feelings. |
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Self Help Activities:
Promote responsibility in daily activities. |
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Social Skills Activities:
Encourage sharing, turn taking, cooperation and empathy through imagination and imaginative play, games and interaction. |
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Speech, Language and Communication:
Encourage the ability to understand and express information and ideas through sounds, words and gestures. |
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