Gross motor6 mo–2 yrsOutdoors

Bubbles outside

Nothing holds a baby's eyes like a bubble.

Prep

1 min

Mess

None

How to play

Sitting babies just watch and reach. Walkers chase and stamp. Blow them low and slow so they last long enough to be caught.

  1. a pot of bubbles with the wand standing in it
    1

    One pot of bubbles.

  2. bubbles drifting just above the grass
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    Blow them low and slow, near the ground.

  3. a hand reaching up as a bubble bursts
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    Then let them be chased and popped.

What you need

A pot of bubbles.

What it secretly builds

Gross motor

Following a bubble across the sky is smooth eye tracking, and swiping at it is his first attempt to meet a moving target with his hand.

Safety first
Bubble mix is not for drinking, and the ground gets slippery. You blow, never him.
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