Slow tracking arcs

You need

your face (best toy available) or a high-contrast toy

How

With baby alert on their back, hold your face or a toy ~25 cm away until they fix on it. Move it in a slow arc — pause at midline, continue. Keep arcs under their frustration threshold; smooth pursuit is genuinely hard work at first.

Why this matters

Following a moving target past the midline (typical around 2 months: "watches you as you move") integrates both brain hemispheres' visual maps and trains the eye teamwork later needed for depth perception and reading faces.

Source: CDC Learn the Signs. Act Early. — 2-month checklist

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