|
Skill |
Approximate age |
Application of Cassarokids products: |
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Sit to stand |
10 months |
Pulling up into standing by holding onto the mini triangle |
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Cruises |
10 months |
Holding onto rocker on its side or cube or triangle to navigate around it |
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Lowers to sit |
10 months |
Hold onto dowels on triangle or cube while lowering (to control body while descending) |
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Stand with support |
11 months |
Hold onto cube or triangle with one hand only |
|
Kneel |
13 months |
Hold onto cube or triangle while playing with something placed on the rungs while in a kneeling position |
|
Roll a ball |
13 months |
Use ramp with child in standing or kneeling while holding on with 1-2 hands to place ball on ramp and roll it down |
|
Creeps backward |
16 months |
Scootch down the ramp, placed at a gentle incline. Scoot backward out of cube. |
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Goes up stairs/rungs |
16 months |
While holding on, can go up rungs and/or ramp up to 4-5 steps |
|
Pushes toy or box around |
18 months |
Pretend play starts to incorporate animals or other toys onto the equipment |
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Walking down steps |
18 months |
Becomes more comfortable going down the rungs |
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Ascending stairs or rungs with only one hand |
18 months |
Use of other hand now to place toys on equipment or to hold something in one hand while climbing w/ the other hand |
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Balance with one foot in front of other |
20 months |
Use of balance beam. More comfortable with balance. |
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Descend stairs/rungs |
21 months |
More comfortable going up and down. Able to access the triangle with increased confidence and security. |
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Walking sideways |
22 months |
Able to access balance beam by walking sideways. Able to traverse triangle facing perpendicular to it. |
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Jumps up |
24 months |
Able to make small jumps when on cube or off balance beam to floor. |
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Jumps off |
24-30 months |
Jumps off higher surfaces (several rungs up on triangle), jumps out of window of cube, jumps off top of rocker (rocker placed upside down) |
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Balance on one foot |
24-30 months |
Better able to navigate going over the peak of the triangle and better able to do more sophisticated balance games on balance beam |
This article was written in collaboration with our resident Occupational Therapist Rebekah Tolin OTR/L. Have a question for our OTs? Let us know in the comments!