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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 746MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-CARE CENTERS
SUBCHAPTER HBASIC CARE REQUIREMENTS FOR INFANTS
RULE §746.2417What activities must I provide for an infant?

Daily activities for an infant must include at least the following:

  (1) Opportunities for outdoor play, weather permitting, as specified in §746.2206 of this chapter (relating to What specific activities must I include in a written activity plan?);

  (2) Multiple opportunities to explore that ensure the infant is:

    (A) Outside of the crib; and

    (B) Not seated in any restrictive device for more than 15 minutes, unless the infant is eating or being transported;

  (3) Opportunities for physical activity, including supervised tummy time, reaching, grasping, pulling up, creeping, crawling, and walking in a safe, clean, uncluttered area;

  (4) Opportunities for visual stimulation through nonverbal communication. Examples of age-appropriate equipment include large pictures of faces and familiar objects; simple, soft, washable books and toys; unbreakable mirrors or mobiles attached to cribs visible from the baby's position; and brightly patterned crib sheets;

  (5) Opportunities for auditory stimulation. Examples of age-appropriate equipment or activities include verbal communication, soothing music, and musical or sounding toys;

  (6) Opportunities for sensory stimulation. Examples of age-appropriate equipment include surfaces, fabrics, textured toys, washable dolls, and toy animals;

  (7) Opportunities for small-muscle development. Examples of age-appropriate equipment include busy boxes, rattles, teethers, grasping toys, shaking or squeezing toys, or cloth toys; and

  (8) Opportunities for large-muscle development. Examples of age-appropriate equipment or activities include blankets or quilts for floor or supervised tummy time, crib and play gyms, variety of light-weight balls, and pillows or supportive equipment for those learning to sit up.


Source Note: The provisions of this §746.2417 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; amended to be effective April 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 1575; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective March 10, 2021, 46 TexReg 1479

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