HOW CHILDREN LEARN

6 TO 9 MONTHS

By: Johana Guaman Irene Morillo

Its causes and effect:How the baby learns on the consequences.

Baby is starting to sit up, move by rolling, reach out and act on the world. Time playing on their tummy on the floor will strengthen their back and help them learn to crawl.

The baby begins to learn from the first minute of born, thanks to the senses of the tact, the pleasure, the scent, the view and the hearing.

He will really enjoy himself when you give him lots of things to look at, touch, play with, and safely put in his mouth.

Music for the hearings:

The pleasant sounds that make the babies, from the most delicate babblings until the elaborated sounds of syllables.Catch the toys with the hands.

Play & LearnCHILDREN

6-9 months

ACTIVITIES

These recommended activities can be done daily with your baby. Make sure to be sensitive to your baby’s cues. At this age, baby still has a short attention span. If they aren’t enjoying the activity, or if they are crying, it is important to attend to his or her needs. Once baby is calm, you can try again later!

1. MAKE A BOOKDevelopmental benefits: Visual stimulation; Social bonding, language

INSTRUCTIONS: Babies at this age are engaged by bold, colorful images. Print these adorable story images on your color printer and place them in a photo album. This one has been developed for a night-night story. Some of the pages have been created to place next to family photos, so baby gets a special book with her own family members.

MATERIALS: álbum, drawings, images, family photos.

2. FINGER PUPPETSDevelopmental benefits: Bonding

INSTRUCTIONS: Print out the finger puppets provided. Cut along the dotted lines and wrap them around your fingers with a piece of tape. Use them to make up stories or sing songs. This set features farm animals, great for singing the classic "Old MacDonald had a Farm."

MATERIALS: finger puppets, scissors, piece of tape.

3. FOOD PAINTINGDevelopmental benefits: Tactile stimulationInstructions: Plan a food painting session where baby can really get dirty and feel those textures. Use jarred baby food--prunes and carrots are great. Place a dollop of each on baby's high chair tray and let her “go to town.” It’s finger-painting that baby can eat!MATERIALS: carrots, prunes.

5. RHYTHM TIMEDevelopmental benefits: Language acquisitionInstructions: Babies are fascinated with rhymes at this age. Here are a few. Sit with baby on your knees facing you and recite:

To market to market to buy a fat pig;Home again, home again, jiggity jig;

To market to market, to buy a fat hog;Home again, home again, jiggity jog.

To market to market to buy a new gown;Home again, home again—

Whoops! The horse fell down! (here, let baby slide down your legs)Here’s another one:

Father, Mother and Uncle John;Rode to the doctor, one by one;

Father fell off; (slide baby to the side)Mother fell off; (slide baby to the other side)

And Uncle John rode on and on,And on and on and on!

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