What do you do when baby is this small? They can't read yet; they can't color or paint yet; heck, they can't even walk yet! But, there are a million things you can do with your little ones during this time to boost their cognitive and motor skills, and luckily, they are in the brilliant age where it doesn't have to cost a dime!
These are some of the activities we did with Anna this week:
1. Water Play
Anna absolutely loves splashing in the bathtub ...and Motley's water bowl, so this was perfect! I just laid out a towel on the kitchen floor, put her in her bathing suit, and set out a pot, a spoon, and a bowl with water in it (not full, of course, because if she dumped it, that would be a mess!). She felt it out, figured out what it was, and started to pat at it, then splash in it. She loved it!
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If you don't want your little one to be completely soaked, just stick a dish towel in their laps to minimize mess, and even if baby isn't sitting on their own yet, you can sit them in your lap for them to play.
Don't expect this activity to last more than 10-15 minutes (you can't expect much more when it comes to an infant's attention span, haha!), but you can add a toy to the water bowl (all the better to practice their little pincer grasps with) to increase play time. Anna loves her rubber ducky and best bath time friend, Carl!
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This activity is great for continuing development with hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills that are so important to reinforce at this age.
2. Homemade Megaphone
My brother, Sean is great at this creativity thing when it comes to babies, and he just took a used paper towel roll and gave it to Anna. He showed her how to talk through it, and though she drooled on it, she caught on super quick! She spent the whole time I was cooking dinner talking into it! She was so interested and excited by the way it changed and magnified her voice!
It's the little, easy things that keep them entertained, you guys!
What kind of activities do you guys do with your little ones?
Anna absolutely loves splashing in the bathtub ...and Motley's water bowl, so this was perfect! I just laid out a towel on the kitchen floor, put her in her bathing suit, and set out a pot, a spoon, and a bowl with water in it (not full, of course, because if she dumped it, that would be a mess!). She felt it out, figured out what it was, and started to pat at it, then splash in it. She loved it!
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If you don't want your little one to be completely soaked, just stick a dish towel in their laps to minimize mess, and even if baby isn't sitting on their own yet, you can sit them in your lap for them to play.
Don't expect this activity to last more than 10-15 minutes (you can't expect much more when it comes to an infant's attention span, haha!), but you can add a toy to the water bowl (all the better to practice their little pincer grasps with) to increase play time. Anna loves her rubber ducky and best bath time friend, Carl!
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This activity is great for continuing development with hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills that are so important to reinforce at this age.
2. Homemade Megaphone
My brother, Sean is great at this creativity thing when it comes to babies, and he just took a used paper towel roll and gave it to Anna. He showed her how to talk through it, and though she drooled on it, she caught on super quick! She spent the whole time I was cooking dinner talking into it! She was so interested and excited by the way it changed and magnified her voice!
It's the little, easy things that keep them entertained, you guys!
What kind of activities do you guys do with your little ones?
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