Learning Activities

Find the Noise

Summary

  • Age: 6 weeks - 3 months
  • Time: 5-10 minutes
  • Materials: one or two blocks

Developmental Benefit

Reasoning and Problem-Solving

Instructions

  • After your baby has finished eating, hold him in your lap and softly thump a block on a surface to one side of their head, then on the other side.
  • Make noises it slowly at first, then faster and faster.
  • Your baby will search for the noise with his or her eyes. When you see him or her responding to the sound, praise him and cuddle him.

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