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Encouraging Physical Activity in Infants - Paperback

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Category: Music & Movement

Babies are naturally active, and their movements help them explore their environment. They first move involuntarily, based on reflexes, and then learn to move more independently as their bodies grow stronger and they begin to investigate the world around them.


You can encourage their muscle development, strength and balance with simple activities done with infants as young as six weeks old.



From tummy time to crawling, scooting and standing, your active involvement will benefit infants in the following ways:
  • Maintaining a healthy weight
  • Developing good posture, strength, balance, and tracking skills
  • Keeping their bodies active and learning about their new environment
  • Developing their senses of hearing, sight, and touch
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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 4 reviews)

Richard B. ★★★★★

I picked this up when my baby started reaching and rolling, and the chapters on how independent movement builds out of early reflexes finally made the "why" click for me. The paperback is thin enough to keep by the crib and flip through during naps, and I've already tried a couple of the floor-play

Sophia F. ★★★★★

The section on reflexive versus voluntary movement finally made sense of what I was seeing with my own baby. It's a thin paperback, easy to flip through one-handed during naps, and the plain explanations don't assume you've studied child development.

Jason ★★★★★

What surprised me most is how the book explains babies' first reflexes turning into deliberate movement, which finally made sense of all the little kicks I've been watching. The paperback is easy to flip through one-handed during nap time, too.