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Join Mytour to explore 5 delightful games loved by most newborns, enhancing their intelligence and refining social skills.
- Peekaboo Game:
Around 4-5 months, babies are fascinated by your face unexpectedly appearing from behind your hand. At 6-8 months, they engage in hide-and-seek, laughing joyfully when caught.
Why this game is great: Through this game, babies learn a crucial lesson in recognizing the presence of a familiar image. Infants adore surprises; your disappearing and reappearing brings them delight and teaches them that everything will come back, helping them cope with future anxieties.
Best way to play: Hold a blanket between you and your baby, and let them plan to remove it, grabbing and pulling it to find mom and dad. Assist your baby or guide body control.
- Pat and Clap Along with a Poem:
Begin by seating the baby in your lap and reciting rhythmic poems while clapping hands together. By 8-9 months, the baby can independently join in clapping.
This game aids in developing spatial awareness as the baby discovers where to place their hands. As your baby learns to sit up, they can actively participate in other games, improving balance and concentration.
Best way to play: If you want to enhance motor skills, teach your baby to bring their left hand to your left and their right hand to your right. Learning to cross the invisible boundary between left and right is a complex motor skill that strengthens movement.
- Bouncing Jump Game:
As soon as the baby can hold their head, sit them on your lap and gently bounce their legs or lift them lightly while singing or reciting a poem. The baby will be pleasantly surprised when you suddenly stop and eagerly await you to continue the playful motion.
A beautiful poem or a melodious song can be a fantastic language for a child, exposing them to language diversity enhances their communication skills.
- Where is Mom's nose?
You can initiate this game anytime, but your child can play it when they are 3-4 months old. Start with a simple question: 'Where is Mom's nose?' then point to the nose and say 'Here it is!'. Repeat this for other facial features and eventually the whole body.
Through this engaging game, the baby will begin to recognize their body, progressing towards spatial awareness – a crucial developmental skill.
Best way to play: Once the child understands that everything has a name, encourage them to point on their own. Initially, they might point to parts on your body, but later on, they will point to their own body parts and correctly name them.
- Ask your child about animal sounds:
Mom, ask your child about the sounds of different animals, then answer yourself, creating exaggerated sounds for each animal. These sounds will captivate even infants; starting from 4-5 months, the baby will attempt to mimic these sounds.
This is a crucial game that helps the baby develop both emotionally and cognitively. It is considered a milestone in the baby's language development.
Best way to play: The game becomes more effective and enjoyable if you use a book with pictures of animals while creating their sounds. Your baby will then establish a perfect connection between sound and image with greater sensitivity.
