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Early Activity System User Manual
Activity Suggestion 2
Encourage your child to bring his hands
together on his chest. Place your hands
behind his shoulders to encourage his
arms to come forward.
Activity Suggestion 3
With the same set-up as described in
the positioning guidelines, use the hip
positioning strap to stabilise baby’s
hips. Encourage her to reach across
her body with her left hand to a toy
on the right side, and vice versa. Place
your hand behind her shoulder to
assist if necessary. To make this a bit
more difficult, remove the pelvic strap
and move the toy a little further out of
reach. Your child should need to shift
her weight at her hips to reach the toy.
This is a building block for the transition
of rolling later on.
Activity Suggestion 4
Hold onto baby’s feet and help him to
kick or “bicycle” his legs. This helps to
strengthen tummy, legs and feet, and
the reciprocal movement is one which
is needed for later weight bearing or
movement.
Activity Suggestion 5
Bring baby’s hands and feet together.
This midline position is good for
symmetry, and baby is beginning to
learn to use both sides of his body
together. This movement is also a
building block for rolling later on.
