Showing posts with label baby play. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baby play. Show all posts

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Activities for 6-12 Months

I'm not sure I fully appreciated the beauty of this age range with my first two. It's the age of movement- rolling and sitting and crawling. Maybe even walking for some munchkins. They can finally move to get to that much desired toy instead of screaming their heads off for an adult to come help them. Or not help that as is the case in our house more often than I like to admit. 

While we can't have a floor bed with our little one we can still provide an environment that encourages movement and freedom.  


 Balls are a huge hit. Especially one with different textures, sizes and shapes. We love the B. Oddballs (you can find them cheaper at target). 


Bucket of matchbox cars. 


Or a bucket of large wooden items with wheels if you are the type concerned about the previous idea's choke-ability factor. Your big kids may even join in on the fun. 


Our baby friendly shelf with some large handle puzzles, shape sorters, books and a place for those highly coveted balls. 

Space to move, something to move for and plenty of time is really all these little guys need. 


Thursday, April 19, 2012

Baby Play- Hiding Toys

One of the greatest mistakes of our day is to think of movement by itself, as something apart from the higher functions...Mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should become informed by this idea.
Maria Montessori 




This was a fun game to play- we started with two cups and a toy. I hid the toy under one of them while Indie watched. Then I would ask her where the toy was.



I extended it by moving the cups to the other side of the carpet and asking her to go find the toy. After a while and lots of giggles she started figuring out when I was "tricking" her and switching the cups.  



Other extensions: use the same color cups (we used what we had but it probably would have been better with ones the same color)
use more than two cups
have them hide it 
etc.