Tummy time

Description

Tummy time activities

  • Provide a sensory baby gym with space to roll and interesting items to look at / grasp
  • Lie baby on side to encourage rolling from side to back / tummy
  • Place interesting items just out of reach to encourage stretching and movement
  • Get down on the floor and interact - sing songs, play with toys, place a plastic mirror in front of them
  • Hold a toy to the side where they can see it and move the toy over their head to land on the other side. They'll follow it with their eyes and may roll over
  • Play aeroplanes (when sufficient head control is established). Lie on your back with knees bent up while they lie with their tummy on your shins, facing you.

Related Skills

Rolling from front to back

Rolling from back to front

Upper body strength

Learning to control the head in a prone position (on the tummy)

Sequence from lying on the floor to sitting up by rolling

Core stability – having the tummy muscles and strength to successfully complete a roll

Rolling from back to front and front to back becoming more ‘controlled’

Early movers is a collaborative project between Loughborough University, the NCSEM and Loughborough campus nursery. Our work has been supported with Loughborough University Enterprise Funding through the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF).