UPANAYAN
A COMPUTER-AIDED PROGRAMME OF  DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR
CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION (0 TO 2 YEARS)
FROM THE MADURAM NARAYANAN CENTRE FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN, CHENNAI        
COGNITION SKILL 2
Looks for object that has been removed from direct line of vision.

Materials required :
Any object which child plays with (Preferably bright coloured toys.)

Activity : 1

Play with child, holding an attractive object near your face.
Gradually move away from child's direct vision but keep holding the object against your face.
Keep talking to child as you do so.

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Play with child holding an attractive object near your face. Keep talking to child as you do so.

Slowly move the object away from your face so that child keeps track of the object and not of your face.
Repeat till child looks only for the object and not for your face.

Activity-2

Play with child for some time till child responds to your actions suitably.
Show him a bright coloured toy.
Draw his attention to look at what you are holding.
Say "Look, this is ... (name the toy)".
After a while catch him unawares and remove the object from his vision.
Keep holding the object away from childs vision, but make sounds with it.

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Keep object away from child's line of vision for some time. Bring it back again. Tell him to see it.

Ask child "Where is your....(name of toy)?
Has the crow taken it away?"
Bring it back in front of his face.
Tell him "Look, here it is."
Give it to him to handle it and play with it form some time.
Repeat activity keeping the object away from his sight for a longer
period each time, so that child looks for the object, scanning the area around him.

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