There’s no greater joy than seeing your baby smile and laugh, whether it’s at you or with you! Playtime for babies is not only fun for you both, but it’s how they develop and learn. Your baby staring at your face may not seem like a learning opportunity, but it can be. With purposeful play, you can encourage early learning through ordinary activities.
Six to nine months: Sensory play with discovery bottles is a great make-at-home activity that will provide hours (ok, minutes) of fun! Grab a few empty drink bottles and fill them with small balls, confetti/sequins, buttons, colored rice, water/glitter or anything else you can think of. Put them and your twins down in the middle of the room with no other toys around for distractions, and let them “discover.” They’ll learn cause and effect, colors, sounds and shapes. Great toys for this age include: Sensory balls like these from Nubby, board books, stuffed animals, and your wooden spoons and measuring cups!
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This is super helpful! Nate and I are starting to try for our first kiddo and I love reading about how other moms handle things like baby play time.
I’m so happy this post is useful to you! Good luck trying to conceive
It’s such an exciting time!
I’m a twin momma too! Mine are identical boys who are 4 now. I take my hat off to you! I was in “survival mode” for a good 6 months after they were born. We were all lucky to get bathed everyday. I do have to say, they get easier with age.
Hey Elisha! Thanks for the sweet compliment! I have to admit that I was also in survival mode for many months. I did try very hard to incorporate playtime during the first months, but it wasn’t until mine started sleeping through the night at six months old that I had the energy to go farther with learning activities! And on most days, we just play with random things. I do my lessons about once or twice a week right now.
Thanks for stopping by! And I am glad to hear that it gets easier!
This is great! I’m always looking for new ideas to entertain my 10 month old!
They are so cute!
Thanks Caroline!
I love love love your purposeful play ideas. I’m going to try the hide and go seek with Gray. I’m definitely sharing this post. Thanks so much (as always) for linking up with us at the homeschoollinkup. I learn so much from each of your posts.
Thanks so much Lisa for your continued support! Love your linkup and your blog!
This is super helpful! I love the discovery bottles:).
Glad you enjoyed!
I love these tips! Pinned! I think this would be the start of a fun and informative printable.