Playing with 6 - 9 month old babies

DID YOU KNOW?

• Babies experiment with give and take associations

• Babies experience how objects fall, noise is made, or how their arms and legs move

• Babies enjoy making noises with a cup or other objects. Patience is important as the child is learning through this play

• Babies understand and learn from what is being said to them even before they can say words

• Babies notice when people express strong anger and may be upset by it

• Babies copy the sounds and actions of others

• Babies like people’s reaction to the sounds they make and show interest in the new things they notice

• Babies recognise their name before having the capacity to say it. Hearing their name helps realize that she/he is a unique individual in the family