In the past, I worked with Veronika on handing her one toy when she already held another in her grasp; it’s a great way to help little finger muscles practice gripping and letting go. Today, the challenge was harder: what would she do if she was holding two toys and presented with a third?

Use toys that are very similar for the best results (otherwise this becomes more like a game of toy choice). We have small shapes that she can grab on to easily, and which are quite alike, so they worked great for this game.

She took hold of the circle when I handed it to her first, and it was easy to take the rectangle in her other hand.

But oh no! What would she do now that triangle came along?

It took a moment, but then rectangle was dropped.

Uh oh, here comes rectangle back again! Who would be sacrificed?

Down goes circle!

She delighted in the game, and I could almost see her brain processing what to do each time. And of course there was the good fun of simply handling and gnawing on the shapes, as well.