These are activities that parents can apply with their children from 6 until 9 months. They will help to develop their habilities.

1. HOW CHILDREN LEARN
6 TO 9 MONTHS
By: Johana Guaman
Irene Morillo

2. Its causes and effect:
How the baby learns on the consequences.
Baby is starting to sit up, move by rolling, reach out and
act on the world. Time playing on their tummy on the
floor will strengthen their back and help them learn to
crawl.

3. The baby begins to learn from the first minute of
born, thanks to the senses of the tact, the
pleasure, the scent, the view and the hearing.
He will really enjoy himself when you give him lots
of things to look at, touch, play with, and safely
put in his mouth.

4. Music for the hearings:
The pleasant sounds that make the babies, from
the most delicate babblings until the elaborated
sounds of syllables.
Catch the toys with the hands.

6. These recommended activities can be done daily with your
baby. Make sure to be sensitive to your baby’s cues. At this
age, baby still has a short attention span. If they aren’t
enjoying the activity, or if they are crying, it is important to
attend to his or her needs. Once baby is calm, you can try
again later!
1. MAKE A BOOK
Developmental benefits: Visual stimulation; Social bonding, language

7. INSTRUCTIONS: Babies at this age are engaged by bold, colorful images. Print these
adorable story images on your color printer and place them in a photo album. This one
has been developed for a night-night story. Some of the pages have been created to
place next to family photos, so baby gets a special book with her own family members.
MATERIALS: álbum, drawings, images, family photos.
2. FINGER PUPPETS
Developmental benefits: Bonding
INSTRUCTIONS: Print out the finger
puppets provided. Cut along the dotted
lines and wrap them around your
fingers with a piece of tape. Use them
to make up stories or sing songs. This
set features farm animals, great for
singing the classic "Old MacDonald had
a Farm."

8. MATERIALS: finger puppets, scissors, piece of tape.
3. FOOD PAINTING
Developmental benefits: Tactile stimulation
Instructions: Plan a food painting session where baby can really get dirty and feel those
textures. Use jarred baby food--prunes and carrots are great. Place a dollop of each on baby's
high chair tray and let her “go to town.” It’s finger-painting that baby can eat!
MATERIALS: carrots, prunes.

9. 5. RHYTHM TIME
Developmental benefits: Language acquisition
Instructions: Babies are fascinated with rhymes at this age. Here are a few. Sit
with baby on your knees facing you and recite:
To market to market to buy a fat pig;
Home again, home again, jiggity jig;
To market to market, to buy a fat hog;
Home again, home again, jiggity jog.
To market to market to buy a new gown;
Home again, home again—
Whoops! The horse fell down! (here, let baby slide down your legs)
Here’s another one:
Father, Mother and Uncle John;
Rode to the doctor, one by one;
Father fell off; (slide baby to the side)
Mother fell off; (slide baby to the other side)
And Uncle John rode on and on,
And on and on and on!