Baby Felt Play: Fine Motor Shape Pull

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Help your baby explore touch and build fine motor skills with a fun baby felt play activity from Julie! 

Have you ever noticed that your baby loves to pull on things? Those little fingers just love to grab and pull!

Sometimes it’s your hair or your necklace, ouch! In this baby activity, you’ll give your baby something fun and safe to practice those pulling skills!

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Baby Felt Play Materials

• one long, thin felt piece
• several felt shapes
• blanket

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Baby Felt Play

This activity is so simple, it will take you less than five minutes to prepare.

First, cut slits in each felt shape, and pull the shapes onto the long piece of felt.

Then, lay out a blanket on your floor. Your baby will likely be doing a lot of rolling and moving, so you want to protect those elbows and knees as much as possible.

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Place your baby on the floor, with the felt pieces in front of her. Watch her explore and test out those fine motor skills!

Here is how I helped my baby to get the most out of this baby felt play activity:

• Place the felt piece slightly out of reach to encourage scooting, rolling, and crawling.
• Talk to your baby about what you see. “I see a white cloud. Here is a green rectangle!” She can’t speak back for now, but she is absorbing all those wonderful words!

• Watch as your baby becomes a problem solver. Is it quicker to use my hands to pull the pieces off? What happens if I try to pull them off with my mouth?
• Count out loud as you point to each shape in the row.
• Roll your baby on her back and dangle the felt pieces over her tummy. Watch as she experiments with yet another way to pull the pieces off!

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How do you play with your baby?