​Encouragement:  If your baby is reluctant, he or she may need your encouragement to use his or her finger to poke in the holes of the paper plate.

This activity develops:​​​

• Eye-hand coordination
  
• Sense of touch
  
• Awareness of “rough” and “soft” texture

​Age 0 - Activity 38
Poke to Feel Rough and Soft

P R E V I E W

You will need:

• 2 Styrofoam paper plates
• Bottle cap
• Piece of sandpaper
• Cotton balls

Directions:

1. Make 6 indentations on the paper plates by pressing the cap firmly on the plates.
2. Cut sandpaper the size of one plate and lay it inside one of the inverted plates so that the rough side faces the holes in that plate.
3. Pack loosely pulled cotton balls on top of the smooth side of the sandpaper sheet.
4. Place the other Styrofoam plate with the inverted side facing down on top of the other plate.
5. Staple or tape the two paper plates containing the sandpaper and cotton together.

Poking to feel:

• Poke your index finger in each of the holes on the “rough” sandpaper side.
• Turn the connected plates over and poke your index finger at random in the holes on the “soft,” cotton side.

• Allow the baby to explore on his or her own.

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Other Activities You Will Find in the Age 0 Section

Model how to drop a clothespin, then allow your baby to hold it and drop it too.

Scrunch up paper, listening for the crumple noise and throw them in a box. 

Tap to make a sound and drum a beat like the patterned rhythm of 1-2, 1-2.  

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