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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Activity 7 for baby

Touch And Feel















1. If you gently touch a newborn baby's cheek she'll root around for nipple to feed. Her skin is highly sensitive and she responds immediately to the feeling of different textures, especially if they're unfamiliar. Perhaps surprisingly, this can help her develop highly intellectual skills, such as the concepts of opposites ( rough and smooth, for instance, or hard and soft ).

2. Making a touch-and-feel mat : They are plenty of baby play mats to choose from in the shops, but you could also make your own by covering a small blanket with a patchwork of squares cut from material of different textures. Stitch them down firmly with wool and make sure there are no loose ends or loops to catch little fingers.  

2. Baby will benefit from :

  • Hand control
  • Experimentation
  • Concept of opposites
  • Relaxing
  • Anticipation
  • Conversation

Activity 6 for baby

Puff And Blow












1. Blowing, whistling or humming on your baby's skin tickles her so you can use any of these techniques to make her laugh. But when you get her to copy you, you'll help her develop the muscles used for forming words. They make her aware of her mouth and what it can do. Combined with sounds you help her make sounds herself with her tongue and lips - a prelude to talking.

2. Baby will benefit from :

  • Talking
  • Conversation patterns
  • Feeling
  • Looking
  • Listening
  • Concentration
  • Imitation

Activity 5 for baby

Mirror, Mirror
















1. From birth to the age of one year - and beyond - your baby is fascinated by faces and especially by how they're reflected in a mirror. Looking in the mirror is fun, but it's also a highly intellectual activity. At first he sees the mirror as simply a basic attachment to the human face. Then he's curious about who is behind the mirror. Then there's a dawning recognition that it's himself - very advanced !

2. Baby will benefit from :

  • Recognizing faces
  • Recognizing features
  • Sense of self
  • Memory 
  • Seeing 
  • Friendliness
  • Imitation

Activity 4 for baby

Give And Take













1. Once your baby is able to grasp with all her fingers - at about 7 - 8 months - rather than her flat, open palm you can start to guide her to refine her grasp even further. Give and take games help her learn to let go of objects on purpose and accurately rather than just dropping them indiscriminately. Learning to give something to another person requires social skills too. It's the prelude to that most difficult lesson, learning to share. 

2. Baby will benefit from : 

  • hand-eye coordination
  • hand control
  • finger control
  • grasp refinement 
  • letting go 
  • sharing 
  • observation

Activity 3 for baby

Baby Gym



1. Before your baby can sit he spends a lot of walking time lying on his back in his cot or confined to a push chair or baby chair. You can keep him happy by providing a baby gym - a selection of visually interesting toys and objects ( choose ones that make a noise too) strung safely across his cot where he can see them and later where he can swipe at them. The gym is special because as well as exercising his arms it exercises brain. You can buy ready-made baby gyms, but you can also create your own simply by tying a variety of objects to cord or elastic.

2. Baby will benefit from :
  • concentration
  • understanding
  • seeing
  • focusing
  • hand-eye coordination
  • cause and effect 

Activity 2 for baby

Newborn Baby Jig 





1. From birth, movement games encourage every area of your baby's growth, including the intellectual and feelings of self-worth. In addition you can begin helping your baby to develop head control.

2. Baby will benefit from :
  • Head control
  • Movement awareness
  • Bone, muscle and joint development
  • Strength and mobility
  • Developing brain-muscle-nerve connections
  • Sense of achievement and fun 

Activity 1 for baby

Making Play Dough





1. All children love making things even if it's only mud pies. They see you cooking and doing other chores and even as early as eight or nine months they use pretend play to experiment with the skills they need to copy what you're doing. Play dough provides an ideal material because of its plasticity, staying power and re-usability. 


2. You will need : 
  • Flour
  • Salt
  • Oil
  • water
  • Cream of tartar
  • Food coloring

3. How to make play dough : Mix together 2 cups of flour, 1 cup of salt, 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar, 2 tablespoons of oil and 1 teaspoon of food coloring with 2 cups of water in a saucepan over a medium heat. Stir constantly until the play dough comes together. Continue to stir for a couple of minutes, then take it out and knead it for several minutes. Keep it in an air-tight plastic container. Don't let your baby eat it.