Even our youngest babies like to give things a go for themselves… this little one started to get to grips with the spoon and persevered as they were determined to be independent!!
Lots of prior scooping and filling in the messy tray, lots of shape sorter play, lots of tackling of insert puzzles, lots of manipulation of construction and a wealth of other carefully-planned, purposeful play all build the hand/eye coordination, the spatial awareness, the hand strength, the fine motor manipulation which all lead up to being able to fill a spoon and successfully get the spoon and its contents to our mouths… 
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