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 eye-hand coordination

 an awareness of the concept ‘down’

 the sense of touch

 the desire to become independent

 listening for the different sounds that objects make when they fall

Obtain an object such as a spoon or a clothes peg. Show it to the baby and allow him to hold and feel it. Place the baby in a sitting position on the floor. Hold the object slightly higher than the baby’s eye view and encourage him to watch as you drop the object.

Does the baby attempt to reach for the object? Show the object to the baby again. Call it by name. Hold the object up and let it fall. Say the word ‘down’ as you drop the object. Repeat this several times, emphasising the word ‘down’.

Hand the object to the baby. Does he attempt to drop or throw it? Retrieve the object for the baby to drop, or throw it again and again until he loses interest.

Choose some other objects for the baby to feel, hold, drop and watch as each object falls. As each object is dropped, use the word‘down’to stress the concept.