BABY PLAY

Games and Activities for Baby

Babies thrive in a loving caring environment, the best thing that you can do for your baby is to have fun together. There are lots of games and activities that you can play with your baby that don’t involve expensive toys. Babies don’t need expensive toys but they do need variety. - 4 to 6 months - 6 – 12 months - Toy Libraries 4 to 6 months As your baby explores and experiments, their coordination and motor skills will develop. Toys that will delight and stimulate your baby are ones that they can grab, pull and hold. Introduce books with bright pictures and simple colors. Activities and toys • Toys that make noises when moved or dropped (rattles, squeaky toys, chime balls, peek-in rollers – plastic balls with bells and balls inside) • Peek-a-boo games • Listening to you talking, singing reading and repeating nursery rhymes • Looking at herself in the mirror • Toys that hang above her (mobiles) • Safe household items such as wooden spoons, bowls and measuring spoons 6 to 12 months Your baby becomes more mobile with better coordination. She will love activities like sorting, stacking and fitting objects together. She will like to work simple mechanisms and solve simple problems; like cause and effect “If I push this it moves; if I hit this, it makes a noise” Activities and toys • Anything that rolls; balls or toys with wheels. • Toddler truck with blocks • Simple musical instruments; drums, hand bells, maracas, tambourine • Blocks, stacking cups • Soft toys, bath toys • Activity toys • Simple board and cloth books • Safe household items such as plastic containers, pots and pans Toy Libraries Joining a Toy Library can be a great way to ensure that your child has lots of variety of toys to play with. A toy library welcomes children, their families and caregivers to come and to borrow well designed toys, games, puzzles and equipment, which are made available at minimal cost.