Play Ideas: 6 – 9 Months

Help babies play, because play matters. Here are some age appropriate activities that will stimulate and help develop your baby:

• Rhyming games: Round and Round the Garden, Incy Wincy Spider, This Little Piggy, Heads and Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Peek-a-boo

• Singing Songs: Nursery Rhymes

• Tummy time is vital

• Mirror - Make sure you have a Mirror in the car and in their room to play with. Visit Luca Mirror

• Funny noises

• Rolling/Passing a ball

• Pushing a car

• Passing toys to each other

• Covering toys and finding them again

• Turn-taking games with toys

• Activity centre

• Blocks

• Boxes – stacking, hiding etc.

• Simple musical instruments - anything simple that makes noise

• Copying what he sees adults doing ie. Cup on a saucer

• Can give basic instructions or say what he is doing ‘putting the peg in the box’

• Use short simple sentences

• Make lots of noises to go with objects or actions

• Name what he is looking at or playing with

• Follow his focus of attention

• Books - Ready books... this is a must

• Tapping your feet on the floor and eventually, they try and mimic

• Massage - Baby massage is always nice and they love them

• Talk to your baby

• Exercise time as per gymbaroo; rocking, jiggling, swishing, rolling, twirling

Nicole Pierotti

Originally Published: May 9, 2013

Last Edited: January 27, 2022