Visual Depth Perception
Parent shows baby how wind-up or moving toys work, then moves them in different directions while baby tracks with eyes and reaches for them. The agent guides the parent to observe visual tracking, reaching coordination, and hand transfer between hands, building visual-motor integration and depth perception.
Opens a guided voice session in TogetherTime.
What you'll need
Baby seated with support or in a bouncer/high chair. A wind-up toy, rolling toy, or brightly colored toy that parent can move. Clear surface in front of baby.
How it works
- 1~30s
Start by moving a toy slowly across your child's field of vision — from left to right and then back again. Go slowly at first. Watch your child's eyes: do they follow the toy smoothly, or do they jump ahead and lag behind? Now try moving it up and down. Does your child track it vertically too? Tell me how their eyes are following the movement.
Watch for: Baby tracks a moving toy smoothly with coordinated eye movements across horizontal and vertical planes.
- 2~35s
Now slow the toy down and bring it within your child's reaching distance. Does they try to grab it while it's moving? This is much harder than reaching for something still — it requires your child to predict where the toy will be and time their hand to get there. Let your child try a few times. What do you see?
Watch for: Baby attempts to reach for and grasp a slowly moving toy, showing visual-motor coordination.
- 3~30s
Now give your child a toy to hold. Once they has it in one hand, offer another toy from the other side. Watch carefully — does your child switch the first toy to the other hand to free up a hand for the new toy? Or does they drop the first one? Transferring objects between hands is a wonderful fine motor milestone. What happens?
Watch for: Baby transfers a toy from one hand to the other to free a hand for a new object.