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193 activities with English and Chinese instructions. Browse by catalog age or development area, and log the activity you tried.
These are catalog age groups, not personalized recommendations or milestone deadlines. Choose for your baby's current abilities, stay close, and stop if your baby is uncomfortable. Added reminders are separate from the source instructions.
10 of 193 activities
4–6 months · 10
Basic Hand Games#004 · People & feelings
- Goal
- Socializing through play
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 5 - 8 minutes
- How to do it
- Play games with the baby that encourage the use of his hands, like clapping, rubbing his hands together, patting surfaces, and other similar activities.
Body Parts - IV#007 · People & feelings
- Goal
- Increase the baby's understanding of itself as a separate entity
- Materials
- Mirror
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 7 - 10 minutes
- How to do it
- Sitting or standing in front of a mirror with your baby, name each part of the body while pointing to it. Focus on five parts at a time, with the primary parts first. You can also use the opportunity to sing a song that includes parts of the body like "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes."
- Related milestone in the source
- Explores body with mouth and hands.
Clapping - III#011 · People & feelings
- Goal
- Stimulate the baby's imitation skills
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 5 - 8 minutes
- How to do it
- Clap and raise your arms rhythmically, trying to get the baby to imitate you.
- Related milestone in the source
- Clapping: might start clapping hands (between months 6 and 9).
Exploring Surroundings - II#022 · People & feelings
- Goal
- Introduce elements of socialization
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- When you go out
- How to do it
- Take your baby to different places and talk about the places you are visiting, the actions that are happening, and specific situations or people that might be unfamiliar.
- Related milestone in the source
- Actively looks around when in a new place, exploring surroundings.
Funny Faces - II#030 · People & feelings
- Goal
- Stimulate the baby's imitation skills
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 1 - 3 minutes
- How to do it
- Make funny faces, show the baby your tongue, and breathe heavily trying to get the baby to imitate you.
Imitating Facial Expressions#037 · People & feelings
- Goal
- Improve the baby's range of facial expressions
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- Perform throughout the day
- How to do it
- Imitate any facial expression your baby makes: smiling, crying, yawning, and any others.
- Related milestone in the source
- Imitation: purposely tries to mimic simple sounds and movements.
Introducing New People - III#039 · People & feelings
- Goal
- Introduce elements of socialization
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- Perform at social gatherings
- How to do it
- Expose your baby to different people. Get her used to interacting and playing with them as actively as possible.
- Related milestone in the source
- Social Skills: engages with other people, with preference for parents; smiles more openly.
Lifting & Spinning#041 · People & feelings
- Goal
- Socializing through play
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 3 - 5 minutes
- How to do it
- Hold the baby firmly underneath her armpits. Lift her up and down and move her side to side-to-side, laughing and smiling while you do it.
Mirror - II#045 · People & feelings
- Goal
- Increase self-awareness
- Materials
- Mirror
- Time or repetitions
- Suggested time: 4 - 6 minutes
- How to do it
- Sit the baby in front of a mirror so that he can see his own image. Ask him: "Where is the baby?" or use his name.
- Related milestone in the source
- Understands the difference between a human face and non-human objects and animals.
Say My Name - II#075 · People & feelings
- Goal
- Increase self-awareness
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- Several times throughout the day
- How to do it
- Frequently call the baby by name when you are a few feet away.