Ladies -
Our one and only is now 6 months old. He can tripod sit, army crawl, and likes flipping pages in board books. Apart from peek-a-boo, and infant/mommy exercise, and reading, I am really at a loss for what to do with him. Any suggestions for good games to play at that age?
patty cake, trott trott to Boston, singing songs and clapping hands, interactive toys, start playing with the pop up toys that you have to push, slide and turn to get the animal to pop out or stacking rings, putting toys in a box and taking out, you can start pointing out eyes, ears nose mouth feet hands. There are lots of things in this world you can start pointing out!
Rolling a sensory ball like Tangiball or dumping and filling, stacking and nesting a set Measure Up cups can be fun. Don't forget bathtime play.
You can find these at www.toysofdiscovery.com
My DD loved playing 'racecar'. I would lay her on my lap (her head on my knees) and would 'run' her legs fast (don't let them straighten out or you could make her strain a muscle... and keep a loose grip just in case she tries to stop, so you don't force it on accident) while making 'vrooom' noises. Then I would randomly go "SCREECH! LEFT TURN!" and pull both legs off to her left, then keep vrooming again. (I would also make right turns. lol.) This game always got the funny belly laugh going from her. (It's also a great game to play during diaper changes, while she was bare-butt so she could get some air on her tush)
We also play 'Head, shoulders, knees & toes' where I would sing the song, and touch her body parts during the song. I would switch it up to 'Neck, elbows, leg & foot' for a second verse too, just to get more parts in there. :)
She also liked to play peek-a-boo with toys. So I would put a paper towel over a rattle, and ask her where it went. She would uncover it and get excited. Then I would cover something else, and the game goes on.
The toes game!
"This little pig went to market
This little pig stayed home
This little pig had some roast beef
And this little pig had none
And this little pig went wee wee wee wee all the way home!"
Hold each toe as you say it then tickle your baby for the last one.
My son LOVED this and had to have each foot done over and over.
Peek a boo and reading is great!! Keep that up. Try to sing songs to him that involve using your hands, Head, shoulders, knees and toes, Itsy Bitsy spider, etc. Twinkle twinle little star is also a good song. Maybe try to introduce small blocks, so he can start building up his hand-eye coordination. And talk, talk, talk about everything! I'm sure you will do great! :)
What about doing songs and fingerplays. He won't be able to do either at this point but he'll probably love listening to you and watching your hands move about. Itsby Bitsy Spider is a good one. We bought a piano book (one that has a plastic piano on it) and I would play those songs and sing them while my daughter flipped the pages and she loved it! Playing ball is also fun. You can roll it to him and show him how to roll it back. He might not get it but he'll enjoy seeing the ball roll towards him!
