Weight-Bearing in Supported Standing
Baby supports own weight while standing when hands are held for balance
What the research says
Referenced across 1 developmental framework: asq_3
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Before this (2)
How it's taught
Hold baby's hands for balance only and observe weight-bearing
Materials: Adult support, safe surface
What mastery looks like
Does not bear weight when held standing
- Legs collapse
- No weight support
Briefly bears some weight with support
- Partial weight bearing
- Legs buckle
Sometimes supports own weight with hand-holding for balance
- Inconsistent weight bearing
- Needs full hand support
Regularly supports full weight with minimal hand support
- Strong leg support
- Stable standing
Weight-bearing is well-established
- Bounces while standing
- Minimal support needed
Related activities
No activities directly mapped to this yet. These are age and domain-appropriate alternatives.
Cause and Effect Discovery
Parent helps baby discover that actions produce results — kicking a mobile, shaking a rattle, batting a dangling toy. The agent coaches the parent to observe whether baby connects their own movements to outcomes, building the foundational academic skill of causal reasoning.
First Marks
Parent offers crayons or finger paint and the agent coaches the parent to observe toddler's first mark-making — scribbles, dots, lines — as expressions of early aesthetic creativity and motor control.
Dance Party
Parent and child have a free dance session to different types of music. The agent coaches the parent to observe the child's creative movement, rhythm matching, and emotional expression through dance.
Keep Trying!
Parent places a desired toy just out of baby's reach and the agent coaches the parent to observe persistence — how long baby tries, what strategies they use, and how they handle frustration. This activity builds early character through perseverance in a safe, supported context.
First Nature Touch
Parent introduces baby to natural textures — a blade of grass, a smooth leaf, a trickle of water — and the agent coaches the parent to observe baby's sensory responses to the natural world. This activity builds early ecological awareness through direct, gentle nature contact.
Garden Helper
Parent and toddler water plants, dig soil, and explore the garden together. The agent coaches the parent to observe the child's interaction with living things, understanding of care, and sensory engagement with soil, water, and plants.
Formal assessments
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