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TOYS TO ENCOURAGE LOOKING
AND LISTENING
small mirrors or
pieces of tin foil
or shiny paper
colorful objects that
move in the air
TOYS THAT HELP DEVELOP USE
OF HANDS AND SENSE OF TOUCH
You can make beads and chains
out of wild fruits and nuts.
prickly
rough and smooth
fuzzy
small
bells
wrinkled or lumpy smooth
wriggly
from
UPKARAN
manual
(See p. 642.)
CAUTION: Be sure not to use
things that are poisonous, harmful,
or that might get stuck in the
child’s throat, nose, or ears.
For a baby, hang a
‘ring of beads’ where
she can reach and
handle it.
A child can
play putting
the nuts
and pods in
and out of a
container.
Later he can
learn to sort
them—first by
seeing them,
and then
blindfolded.
As the child develops more hand
control, she can begin to make
chains and necklaces by stringing
the nuts
on a cord.
‘Snakes’ can be made by stringing
nuts, ‘caps’ of acorns, bottle
caps—or any combination of things.
small green mango
(or whatever you
can think of)
bottle caps
Hedgehogs
acorn
‘papache’
(woody fruits
from wild bush)
guasima fruit
beans for rattle’
of rattlesnake
knobby
sticks from
papache bush
If you use your imagination, there are all kinds of toy animals you and your children
can have fun making.
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