Fun Activities: For Babies Under 2
Activities for Babies
Under 6 months, babies like to watch and listen, so:
- Play music
- Play games with them that move their arms and legs (pat-a-cake, this little piggy, etc.)
- Position them in different places so that they can see different things
- Talk to them when you are feeding them or changing their diaper
- Read them books, hold them so they can see the pictures – they are not too young!
Starting around 6 months, babies like to:
- Bang and shake whatever they can hold
- Squeeze squeaky toys
- Bite on toys
- Kick at soft toys suspended above them
- Play peek-a-boo
- Roll a ball once they can sit
- Imitate sounds
Around seven months, babies also enjoy:
- Bath toys
- Different textures to feel including safe household items
- Blocks
Around one year, babies start to enjoy, with your help:
- Nesting toys
- Puppets
- Toy phones
- Shape sorters
- Large cars to push on the floor
- Toys with buttons, knobs and dials that pop up or make sounds
Between the ages of one and two years, toddlers can:
- Push and pull toys
- Ride sit-on toys that have no pedals
- Play pretend games in a playhouse
- Attempt simple puzzles (the best have knobs)
- Enjoy being part of simple household chores like laundry (name colors, count socks, putting laundry in and take it out)
- Play with toys in a sink or basin of water
- Play with toys in sand in a basin or outside
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