Cause & effect6–18 moAt home

Roll it back

Your first proper game of catch, twenty years early.

Prep

0 min

Mess

None

How to play

Sit facing him with legs apart, feet touching. Roll it slowly to him. At first he'll just stop it — the rolling back comes weeks later.

  1. two open hands facing each other with a ball
    1

    Sit facing each other with one soft ball.

  2. the ball rolling across to the other hand
    2

    Roll it slowly across.

  3. the ball rolling back the other way
    3

    At first it just gets stopped — rolling back comes later.

What you need

One soft ball.

What it secretly builds

Cause & effect

Taking turns is a social rule, not a physical one. This is one of the first places a baby practises 'my go, your go'.

Safety first
A ball too big to fit in his mouth.
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