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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.
Figure It Out
Play games to help toddlers use and strengthen their reasoning skills and to help them put their reasoning into words.
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.
Let’s Pretend
Playing pretend games is a great way to learn and practice new words with your toddler.
Look in the Mirror
A mirror is a great way to talk about what your toddler sees, make silly faces, and name things!
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.
Measuring Tools
Introduce math tools to toddlers and let them explore measuring, pouring, filling, and emptying one material into another.
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.
Music Makers
Hum, sing, whistle—what other ways can you make music? Try simple, homemade instruments, too!
Noisy Reading!
For active toddlers, find books that that they can touch-and-feel, scratch-and-sniff, and lift up flaps and windows.
Painting and Writing Fun
Give toddlers various tools to explore for drawing, painting, and writing to help them build pre-writing muscles and skills.
Path Games, Board Games
Build a child’s strong sense of numbers and a foundation for math learning in later years by playing simple board games together.