Baby plays with basket of objects

7 month old Jamie is exploring a basket of objects. Her grandma is close by. She explores the objects in lots of different ways and starts to work out what they can do.

Good for looking at

• Exploratory play
• Heuristic play
• Object play
• Fine motor development

7 month old Jamie is exploring a basket of objects. Her grandma is close by. She explores the objects in lots of different ways and starts to work out what they can do.

Notice

• How do we know what Jamie is interested in?  Be specific, look out for body language, actions, gestures.
• How does Jamie engage with these objects?
• What is she learning from her play?
• Which development areas, characteristics of learning are evident?
• What is valuable about the materials provided as learning resources?