Respond to people and objects in their environment.
Notice changes in groupings of objects, images or sounds.
Responses to people and objects.
The attention that young babies give to changes in the quantity of objects or images they see, hear or experience.
Identify the people, toys and experiences that babies enjoy.
Talk about the things that babies notice when they are in different places such as the garden, the changing area or where they have meals.
Display favourite things in a lively, bright environment so that a young baby can see them.
Provide a small group of the same objects in treasure baskets, as well as single items, for example, two fir cones or three shells.
Calculating
Are logical thinkers from birth.
How they enjoy games when objects are shown, then hidden away.
Talk to babies about what you are doing and what is happening.
Let babies see and hear the sequence of actions you go through as you carry out familiar routines.
Shape, Space and Measures
Develop an awareness of shape, form and texture as they encounter people and things in their environment.
Babies' explorations of space through their movements, for example, by rolling from back to front.
How babies begin to be aware of distance, as they grasp and reach out.
Talk to babies about things that interest them, describing particular features, such as the patterns formed when sunlight filters through the leaves on to the ground.
Display things to look at that encourage their interest in movement, such as a spiral.
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