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Math in the Bath

Once your baby can sit up, bathtime becomes a great time to play and learn.

More . . . More . . . Too Many

Hand a baby more objects than she can hold to help a baby develop a strong sense of numbers. Play the game as you use lots of math vocabulary—here’s one toy, here’s one more, let’s count how many, and so on.

Move to the Groove

Music is a great way to get your baby moving and sets the stage for later fitness.

My Family Book

Create a book of favorite people for each baby. Use photos of their families and friends. “Read” the book together by talking about the pictures. 

Peek-a-Boo!

Playing Peek-a-Boo is not only fun, but helps your baby make an exciting discovery: things are still there when she can’t see them!

Play and Explore

Guide a baby’s exploration—or just follow her lead—as she learns about her world with her eyes, ears, hands, mouths, and actions.

Putting the Pieces Together

Help your baby figure out how things fit together with toys that nest or stack.

Reading and Rhythm

Rhyming books are not only appealing to your baby, they help him learn, too!

Reading Gestures

Tune into a baby’s gestures and imitate them. Give her the words to go along with the gestures and when she’s ready, she’ll be able to use the words on her own.

Ready, Set, Squeeze!

Holding objects in his hands and squeezing them is good practice for when your baby eventually holds crayons, markers, and pencils.

Sing a Lullaby

Sing lullabies to soothe and comfort babies. Encourage families to teach you favorite songs or have them record songs they sing at home. 

Songs for Routines and Transitions

Play or sing simple songs during daily routines or transition times. Babies will begin to recognize the songs and connect them to specific routines or transitions.

Talk It Up

What does your baby respond to? Talk about his favorite toy or whatever grabs her attention.

Tell Stories

Engage babies with stories during your daily routines. Use interesting words and longer sentences as you create your stories. 

Touch and Feel

Babies love to reach, grab, and touch everything! Help him safely explore his sense of touch.

Tummy Time

Get down on your baby’s level and enjoy fun times stretching, reaching, listening, and looking.

Use Your Hands

Play hand and finger games with babies during regular routines to help them strengthen small motor muscle and learn to use their hands.

Water, Water, Everywhere

Let babies explore water. Join in as they explore and help them build their science vocabulary by giving them words to describe their actions.

What’s That Sound?

Your baby likes to hear a variety of sounds, and he will be amazed to discover that he can also make sounds happen.

Word Power

Your baby loves hearing your voice! Help him give meaning to the sounds he makes as “da” becomes “da-da.”

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