Activities for infants must include at least the following:
(1) Daily opportunities for outdoor play as weather
permits;
(2) Multiple opportunities to explore each day that
are outside of the crib and any restrictive device;
(3) Opportunities for 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 time, crib and play gyms, variety of light-weight balls,
and pillows or supportive equipment for those learning to sit up.
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| 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 |
