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Across the Middle
Practice hand and arm motions that go across a baby’s middle to help build muscles and skills that prepare them for writing.
All Kinds of Music
Listen to different kinds of music with babies. Sing and dance with babies or plan group sing-alongs to get them moving, learning, and having fun.
Babble Talk
Get up close and engage in babble talk conversations with babies. Babies practice sounds by lip-reading, so let them watch your mouth as you talk.
Baby Face
Babies love babies! Share books with your baby that contain pictures of people, especially babies.
Baby Treasure Box
Help your baby discover the magic in everyday objects.
Back and Forth, Up and Down
Move a baby’s arms up and down and back and forth or count his fingers and toes as you use songs, chants, and nursery rhymes to introduce patterns and counting games.
Bigger and Bigger
Support babies as they figure out how to fit smaller boxes into larger ones or stack objects on top of one another.
Bouncy Time
Try a song or a rhyme as you bounce your baby on your knee or hold her in your arms.
Captain Baby
Help your baby see the world from a new perspective when you play “airplane.” Ready, set, take off!
Count Your Fingers and Toes!
Use your baby’s fascination with fingers and toes to have fun counting.
Face to Face
You and your baby have a lot to talk about! Sit face to face to start the conversation.
Family Photo Book
Your baby will love “reading” a family photo book—or any kind of simple, homemade book you create.
Finger Play
Try these fun songs as you move your hands to go with the words
Get "In Tune"
Engage in back-and-forth “talks” with a baby and get in tune with her voice, expressions, and body language as she communicates with you.
Hide and Seek
Play hide-and-seek games with babies to help them learn that things and people exist even when they can’t be seen.
How Does It Feel?
Introduce babies to new and different textures as you explore natural and man-made materials and objects together.
In the Mirror
Give a baby a mirror and join him in the fun. Make silly faces, clap to a tune, point out body parts, or watch as he babbles to his new “friend.”
Let’s Laugh
Ask family members to share what makes their baby laugh. Make a book of “laughing baby” ideas and share it with families and colleagues.
Make Your Mark
Have babies explore different materials with their hands, feet, fingers, and toes to help them exercise their pre-writing muscles.
Math in the Bath
Once your baby can sit up, bathtime becomes a great time to play and learn.