Taking things out and putting them in is a great activity for motor skill development and lucky for us, babies love to do it! N (6 months) is just starting to experiment with taking things out (and throwing them). So I gave her a few things to see what she would do. If the item in …
Jen at Creative and Curious Kids, does a Baby Times post and had the idea to let your baby splash in a bowl or bucket of water. It is a great sensory experience! I tried it with N and she kept trying to put the bowl in her mouth so I poured a half of a bowl …
Jackie from Ready.Set.Read! emailed me this fabulous idea that her baby loves and I couldn’t wait to try it! To make a sensory water bag, simply fill up a ziplock with little items and water. I used a lid, beads, pieces of straws, a toy lizard, foam letter stickers, and pom poms. Then, tape off …
Baby Activity – For the Love of Cords Courtney from Praying for a Little One shared this idea with me. Her son loves cords and wires. Instead of constantly redirecting him from those dangerous areas, she made a cord box for him. She used different textured ribbons and cords and put them through the hole in …
I love to see N’s face when she is touching something new for the first time. Your baby is learning something new each time they have the opportunity to experiment with their senses. Here are a few ideas: *Cooked spaghetti noodles *At Adventures with Bear, they put a little flour on their baby’s high chair tray and let him …
This collection of songs and fingerplays was put together by Jenn at Delicious Ambiguity. She offers the free download/printable. I think these songs are so fun to sing with baby and I love that toddler and preschool siblings can have fun with them too!
B got his first tooth around 4 months and baby N sure is chewing on her fingers and drooling a lot. It made me start thinking about creative ways to help relieve some of the discomfort that comes with teething. For smaller babies like N, the cold teething rings seem too big to really chew …
This is a great game to play with your baby at many different stages! Stage 1 – Show your baby a small toy or ball, put it under a cup and ask your baby “Where is the ball?”. Your baby will have so much fun lifting up or knocking over the cup to find the …
The baby activity that is on my mind lately is SLEEPING! It is so important for baby and for Mom! Have you seen one of these before? My friend gave me this “Woombie” to try and it has changed my life! Baby Activity = Sleeping! Yes, it is the same concept as swaddling but either …
Baby Activity – Texture Cards On the blog, Inspiration Surrounds Creativity Abounds she created a really neat Australian Animal Activity (click on the link and scroll down a bit) for her kids where she had them match up the textures on the cards to how they thought the animal might feel. As I was reading …
Baby Activity – Black & White Images N is 3 weeks old and I was reading in “Your Baby’s First Year, week by week” by Glade Curtis and Judith Schuler that in the 3rd week a baby starts to make eye contact and focus on more things. They suggested introducing bold, black and white patterns …
This piece of nursery artwork was created by my 3 year old for his soon to be born sister’s room. Pick out a canvas size and paint colors that go with your nursery’s color scheme. Paint the entire canvas using the darkest color. Let dry. Paint lines and dots with the next lightest color. Let …