Activities for Babies
Stimulate your baby and encourage her to learn with these educational baby activities.
Activity
Cross the line
Encourage your baby to cross his midline by moving a toy that he is reaching for.
Personal & Social Skills
No mere morsels
Nourish independence and motor skills by giving baby foods that are easy to pick up.
Personal & Social Skills
Play to learn
Turn playtime into learning time with these easy tips.
Logic & Problem Solving
Mirror, mirror
Hang a mirror at your baby's level and describe what you see.
Personal & Social Skills
Out of reach
Demonstrate how your baby can solve problems using objects.
Logic & Problem Solving
Teddy's ears
Introduce your baby to different parts of the body using a doll or stuffed animal.
Personal & Social Skills
Itsy-bitsy finger fun
Help develop baby's fine motor skills by introducing finger plays.
Personal & Social Skills
Topsy-turvy reader
Turn baby's favorite book upside down and start to read aloud.
Reading & Writing
Hello. Goodbye.
Your baby will giggle and coo when you play this variation on "peek-a-boo."
Reading & Writing
Eyes, nose, fingers, toes
Play these games with your baby to increase body awareness and vocabulary.
Reading & Writing
The gimme game
Put two objects in front of your baby and ask her to give you the one you name.
Reading & Writing
Bathtub science
Make waves by turning plastic food containers into simple but smart bath toys!
Mathematics