Activity Suggestions 6-12 months Share books with older infants. Show them books with interesting colors, patterns, pictures, and textures. Notice when infants drop items and pick them up, and allow them to repeat the dropping action. Allow older infants to touch your face, skin, or hair and name body parts (“That’s my nose. Here’s your nose.”). Provide toys and objects that make noise, and create opportunities to make and listen to different sounds together (crunch leaves or bang on pots and pans). Notice and respond positively to infants’ desire to play games over and over again. Create an environment that encourages discovery, and give uninterrupted playtime. Give older infants safe toys to repeat motions, such as rocking, sliding, or balancing. Engage and play alongside older infants. Celebrate when older infants learn how to use a toy or object. Recognize toddlers' interest in the natural world and help describe what they see, hear, and experience. Explore surroundings and talk about how things are similar and different. Keep toys around that respond to older infants’ actions, such as pop-up boxes, squeaky toys, and musical instrument toys. Create a variety of safe spaces and objects for older infants to crawl over, around, and through. Give infants similar toys of different sizes they can nest (bowls, measuring cups, nesting cups). Show excitement when older infants discover new uses for things (putting blocks in a box or pot). Keep containers filled with objects around and encourage filling and emptying the containers. for and encourage older infants’ use of words, signs, and gestures, such as pointing and reaching to signal what they want. Play hide-and-find games by placing a toy under a cloth or other cover for older infants to find. Activity Suggestions 6-12 months Talk familiar caregivers when they are not present.
Activity Suggestions 6-12 months Share books with older infants. Show them books with interesting colors, patterns, pictures, and textures. Notice when infants drop items and pick them up, and allow them to repeat the dropping action. Allow older infants to touch your face, skin, or hair and name body parts (“That’s my nose. Here’s your nose.”). Provide toys and objects that make noise, and create opportunities to make and listen to different sounds together (crunch leaves or bang on pots and pans). Notice and respond positively to infants’ desire to play games over and over again. Create an environment that encourages discovery, and give uninterrupted playtime. Give older infants safe toys to repeat motions, such as rocking, sliding, or balancing. Engage and play alongside older infants. Celebrate when older infants learn how to use a toy or object. Recognize toddlers' interest in the natural world and help describe what they see, hear, and experience. Explore surroundings and talk about how things are similar and different. Keep toys around that respond to older infants’ actions, such as pop-up boxes, squeaky toys, and musical instrument toys. Create a variety of safe spaces and objects for older infants to crawl over, around, and through. Give infants similar toys of different sizes they can nest (bowls, measuring cups, nesting cups). Show excitement when older infants discover new uses for things (putting blocks in a box or pot). Keep containers filled with objects around and encourage filling and emptying the containers. for and encourage older infants’ use of words, signs, and gestures, such as pointing and reaching to signal what they want. Play hide-and-find games by placing a toy under a cloth or other cover for older infants to find. Activity Suggestions 6-12 months Talk familiar caregivers when they are not present.
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