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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.
7 of 193 activities
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.
7–9 months · 4
Anticipating Events - II#095 · Daily routines
- Goal
- Develop the skills to dress
- Materials
- None, just you
- Time or repetitions
- While dressing/undressing child
- How to do it
- When dressing the baby, encourage her to raise her arms when it is time to put on her shirt. Over time, she will start to raise her arms in anticipation when you simply hold the shirt up. When she does this, praise her.
- Related milestone in the source
- While getting dressed, increasingly helps by moving and preparing his arms and legs as needed.
Drinking from a Cup#118 · Daily routines
- Goal
- Improve ability to self-feed
- Materials
- 2 cups
- Time or repetitions
- Repeat 7 -10 times
- How to do it
- Take an empty plastic cup and give another one to your baby. Pretend that you are drinking from the cup and try to get the baby to imitate you. Encourage her, as she gets closer to doing it correctly.
Drinking from a Cup - II#119 · Daily routines
- Goal
- Improve ability to self-feed
- Materials
- Sippy cup(s)
- Time or repetitions
- Repeat 2 - 4 times
- How to do it
- If you haven't yet introduced a sippy cup, now is a good time to start. Try a few kinds of cups to see which type your child prefers, making sure you use one with a top to start. Place a small amount of water, milk, or juice into the cup and hand it to the child; place your hands over hers and guide the cup to her mouth.
Learning to Self-Feed#141 · Daily routines
- Goal
- Improve ability to self-feed
- Materials
- Cracker or teething cookie
- Time or repetitions
- Repeat 3 - 5 times
- How to do it
- The baby may already be feeding herself finger food; if not, encourage her by giving her a cracker or teething cookie. Help her take the food to her mouth by moving her hand for her. Once the cracker is in her mouth, encourage her to chew by imitating the act of chewing yourself.