Play Song Rhyme Time
This Sound Play activity incorporates lively play songs that use rhyme, alliteration and repetition, which allow your baby to hear the important sound patterns of speech.
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What's in the Closet?
Children in this age are most famous for being little explorers! Fulfill their need for exploration by showing them a part of your home that they normally do not see on an everyday basis.
Peek-a-Boo Letters
This fun game will help your child look and find the letters that have a peek-a-boo hole to look through or put her little fingers in.
Pom-pom Color Sort
Let your toddler experiment with sorting by color with this simple pom-pom activity.
Hello, Hello, Who’s Calling?
Here is an activity that will encourage your child to describe what he sees, express his thoughts and ideas and have fun talking on the phone with you.
Who’s Talking?
See if your toddler can identify you and other family members just by hearing your voices. Hearing, isolating and identifying voices will help to attune your little one to sounds and lay the groundwork for hearing and identifying the more subtle sounds that make up words.
Where’s the Block?
In this activity, you will use words in connection with concrete objects and situations to help your child develop an understanding of positional words.
What's That?
Toddlers at this age enjoy pointing to and naming objects. You may often hear the words, “What’s that?” Use that simple question to build new vocabulary for your toddler.
Read It Again!
During these months, children show interest and excitement listening to songs and poems, especially those with repetitive phrases.
Fill and Dump
From 6 to 11 months old, your child’s fine motor development greatly improves. A favorite game during these months is “Fill and Dump”! It is these early experiences that prepare your child to have the fine motor and eye-hand coordination she will need later for drawing and writing.
