Age: Infant
Equipment: None
Space requirements: On-the-spot
Activity description:
- Move baby’s hands while reciting a nursery rhyme:
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Roll it and pat it and mark it with “B”
And bake it in the oven for baby and me!
Skill development:
- Physical skills: arm movement; clapping; patterns; rhythm
- Non-physical skills: vocabulary development
Adjust the challenge:
- Have your child move their hands themselves.
