Age Toys, experiences and equipment Strength, balance or coordination One to six months Holding and carrying infants. e.g. Strength and balance Providing infants with interesting and safe objects to reach for. Putting cradle toys on infant's cots and prams for them to reach and play with Sitting infants on your lap so that they can look around their environment Lying infants on their tummies on a soft, clean blanket. Six to twelve months Hold and carry infants strength and balance Provide plenty of opportunities for strength, balance and infants to play on the floor so that they coordination can practise the skills needed to crawl, pull themselves up and stand Provide infants with balls and other balance and coordination moving objects that will encourage them to move after them Provide safe furniture for the infant to strength and balance pull themselves up on. Provide safe, low platforms for infants strength, balance and to climb onto. coordination Provide cardboard tunnels for infants strength and coordination to crawl through Play lap games such as 'Horsey, balance and strength horsey' and 'This is the way the farmer rides Provide opportunities for infants to sit strength and balance