GM.A.52 PULLS TO KNEEL AND MAINTAINS

Pulling up from the crawl position to kneeling is the halfway step between crawling and standing.

How to Assess

Materials: A low table or rail and toys.

Method: Place your child in a crawl position In front of the table with the toy on the table. Show the child the toy and encourage her to take it. Score plus if your child pulls up from a crawl position to kneeling, holding the table or rail, and maintains the position – buttocks off heels.

How to Teach

It is not necessary to spend a lot of time teaching this skill.

It would be sufficient to place your child’s toys up off the floor, on a low coffee table or the couch (with the cushions removed). Make sure she can see them. She can then play in this position.

Leave her toys there, to encourage her to pull up by herself.