A. Infants and toddlers shall be provided with opportunities to:
- 1. Interact with caregivers and other children in the home in order to stimulate language development;
- 2. Play with a wide variety of safe, age-appropriate toys;
- 3. Receive individual attention from caregivers including, but not limited to, holding, cuddling, talking, and reading; and
- 4. Reach, grasp, pull up, creep, crawl, and walk to develop motor skills.
- B. Infants and toddlers shall spend no more than 30 minutes of consecutive time during waking hours, with the exception of mealtimes, confined in a crib, play pen, high chair or other confining piece of equipment. The intervening time period between confinements shall be at least one hour.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-289.046 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Former 22VAC40-111-600 derived from Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 7, eff. July 1, 2010; renumbered, Virginia Register Volume 37, Issue 24, eff. July 1, 2021.