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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.
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4–6 months · 3
Anticipating Events#001 · Daily routines
- Goal
- Learning to anticipate mealtime
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- While feeding baby
- How to do it
- If you are giving the baby solid foods, make sure you feed him in the same place for each meal. This will help him begin to understand the routine of eating. Before you give him a spoonful of food, show it to him and tell him what he is eating. He will start to anticipate mealtime and begin to demonstrate some excitement.
- Related milestone in the source
- Begins to develop strong preferences for different food tastes.
Eating Habits#020 · Daily routines
- Goal
- Establish habits
- Materials
- Spoon, plate, food
- Time or repetitions
- While feeding baby
- How to do it
- If you are feeding the baby solids already, show him the food in his bowl before feeding him. Allow him to play with the spoon and a sippy cup. Whether he is eating solids or not, sit him next to you during family meals to introduce him to eating habits.
- Related milestone in the source
- Might be able to grab and move a cup by the handle.
Holding the Bottle - II#036 · Daily routines
- Goal
- Improve ability to self-feed
- Materials
- Bottle
- Time or repetitions
- While feeding baby
- How to do it
- Fill the baby's bottle 1/4 to 1/3 full and help him place his hands around the bottle to hold it. Over time, he will grab it himself and be able to hold it with both hands.
- Related milestone in the source
- Two-Hand Hold: can hold objects with both hands.