Baby Games

Here I'd like to start off with the most important baby games, which are language games as communication and language skills are very important for babies and it is also important to develop baby's language skills when he or she is an infant. For updated baby language games, you may check kids games blog.

Baby sign language

Suitable for ages 3 months and up babies

This is one of charming baby games for communicating with your baby. Research shows that most parents would rather learning how to talk to their babies than just simply wait for them to learn how to talk.

Instruction

Research shows that children benefit from the use of signs to enhance communication and decrease frustration. Begin signing with your baby at birth. Use hand gestures for everyday words and actions like, "eat", "give", "sleep", "take", etc. Whenever you say that word, apply a hand signal to go along with it. If you have more than one child, teach these hand signals to your baby's brothers or sisters. This might be an interesting experiment to help the older child connect with baby.

Here is an excellent Audio book and DVD available for baby sign language, From this baby sign language audio book, You will:

1) Learn how to communicate with your baby at his earlier ages

2) Find out the effective ways to reduce your baby’s tantrums!

3）Learn how to use sign language to develop your baby's brain and build higher IQ in your baby!

4)Find out the best timing to start signing to your baby which has linked to a better language skill development in your baby.

5) Find out how baby makes the transitions from gestures to signs to speech.

6) Discover the benefits of signing to your baby.

7) learn how to teach your child Sign Language.

8) Learn how to use sign language to teach your child to play various baby games in order to effectively start the earlier education.

9) Learn how to use sign language to develop and improve your child's reading skills.

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Baker's baby

Suitable for ages 6-12 months babies

Instruction

Put baby on your lap and face you. When you hold your baby's hands, gently make them together. Then say

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake baker's man

(clap hands together)

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Roll 'em and roll 'em and mark 'em with a B

(Roll hands around and trace letter on baby's hand)

And toss 'em in the oven for baby and me

(Point to baby, then yourself)

Lie your baby on back and repeat using baby's feet.

More piggy toes

Suitable for ages 6 to 12 months babies

This is one of common baby games which is often used to stimulate baby's language sense.

Instruction

This game will give you a chance to play with your baby's adorable, tiny feet. Hold baby's big toe gently between your thumb and index finger and say:

This little piggy went to market. (big toe)

This little piggy stayed home.(second toe)

This little piggy had roast beef.(third toe, eggplant many be substituted for vegetarians)

This little piggy had none.(four toe)

This little piggy cried wee, wee, wee all the way home.(fifth toe)

When you say "wee, wee, wee",walk fingers up baby's leg, across tummy, and up to chin and lightly tickle.

Instant reply

Suitable for ages 6 to 12 months babies

Material needed

Tape recorderBlank cassette tape

Instruction

Record your baby's sounds and the conversations you have together. Play them back and discover baby's response. Some babies become quite animated, while others become quite still. Older babies may want to push the buttons of the recorder. Most recorders are built to withstand the pressure of curious little hands.

Nose, eyes, hands ----- This is one of fun baby games to help your baby to know about his or her own body

Suitable for ages 6-12 months babies

Instruction

Pick one body part to focus on for an entire day, such as hands. sing song about hands, point hands out in storybooks, on people, pets, television, etc. Take baby on a walk around the house, pointing to hands wherever you see them. Wiggle, wave,clap, or shake your hands. Do the same for nose, ears, feet, etc.

Telephone talk

suitable for ages 9 months and up babies

Material Needed

2 play telephones

Instruction

Instead of getting baby one play telephone, get two, so baby can have real conversations with you. At first you will just be babbling to each other, taking turns of course, but later baby will begin to copy how you talk on the phone. What better way to begin to learn the rules of conversation?

Mirror magic ---- This is one of the most babies' favorite baby games

Suitable for ages 6-12 months babies

Instruction

Sit on the floor and hold baby on your lap looking into a floor mirror. Touch baby's head, eyes, ears, nose, and chin, naming each part as you sing the following song to the tune of "here we go round the Mulberry Bush"

This is what I call my head,

Call my head, call my head

This is what I call my head

Listen, look, and see.

Now I know the parts of me,

Parts of me, parts of me.

Now I know the parts of me,

Listen, look, and see

Toys play hide and seek

Suitable for ages 9 months and up babies

Instruction

Float and Sink ---- This is one of the baby-loved Scientifical baby games

Suitable for ages 18 months and up babies

Material Needed

Clear plastic container or tub

Variety of household items: sponge, clothespin, spoon

Key, plastic toy, cup, wood block, comb, shell, paper, etc.

Beach towel

Instruction

Spread towel out on the floor over a low table. Fill the container two-thirds full with water and put it on the towel. Set the items you have chosen on the towel next to the container. I believe your baby will begin to put the items into the water without much motivating from you. Then you may say," let's see which things stay on top of the water and which things fall to the bottom." Use the words "float" and "Sink" when you notice where each item is, and talk about what these toys are made of, such as wood, metal, plastic, etc. The questions you ask out loud are to encourage baby to think scientifically and develop observation skills.

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