There are many early-learning games for babies aged 6 months that are important for their development and for stimulating their senses, motor skills, and cognitive development.
At 6 months, babies have generally reached several important developmental milestones.
Mobility: They can lift their heads and shoulders when on their tummies and can begin to turn onto their sides and backs. They can also begin to move by pushing with their legs or crawling.
Visual and auditory perception: 6-month-olds follow objects with their eyes and are attracted by colors and movements. They can also recognize familiar voices and faces.
It’s important to note that each baby develops at his or her own pace, and these developmental stages are only general guidelines.
Here are some ideas for early-learning games for your 6-month-old baby:
Baby mirrors:
Babies love to look in mirrors, and this can help develop their visual perception and self-recognition. Mirrors help their cognitive development: by looking at their reflection, babies begin to understand the notion of cause and effect. It also helps reinforce their social skills by allowing them to interact with their own reflection. They can make faces, smile, and even try to communicate with their own image.
Unicorn baby mirror-awakening awakening mirror and dinosaur baby mirror
Learning games for 6-month-old babies,, like textured books and objects:
Babies love to explore their environment by touching different objects and discovering different textures that will develop their sense of touch. You’ll find lots of cuddly toys, early-learning mats and early-learning fabric books with different materials to touch: soft, rough, smooth, etc.
Sound games
The image of a deafening plastic toy quickly springs to mind, but don’t worry, there are plenty of alternatives! Babies at this age love soft, melodious sounds, which can help develop hearing and stimulate the senses. At 6 months, they’ll love early-learning toys such as rattles, crinkling noises, shaking toys, musical books, nursery rhymes sung by you, or sensory bottles.
Play mats are the top games for 6-month-olds.
Babies aged 6 months love to move around and try to get around, so you can use play mats to help them explore safely.
Square padded playmat – round sensory playmat
Nesting and construction games:
Babies aged 6 months can begin to understand spatial relationships and use their hands to pick up and nest objects. You can give them toys such as nesting rings or building blocks.
Mobile and hanging games:
Mobiles help develop hand-eye coordination and stimulate sight, while hanging toys can help develop movement skills.
Arch and hanging accessories
It’s important to always supervise your baby during play and to ensure that toys are safe and age-appropriate. It’s also important to vary activities to keep your baby interested and stimulated.
