Circular movement
Benefits
Gross motor, fine motor and sensorial development
Age
After 3 months
Materials needed
Any safe objects
- Keep different textured toys/objects around the baby.
- Let them move in a circular motion and grab it.
- Keeping different textured material helps for sensorial development
Circular movement
Benefits
Gross motor, fine motor and sensorial development
Age
After 3 months
Materials needed
Different textured clothes
- Keep different textured clothes and let the baby explore them. I have kept cotton, silk, fleece, wool etc.
- It is not safe to keep the clothes on mouth as the thread may get struck inside. So , please be careful while doing this .
Scooting /Forward movement
Benefits
Gross motor, fine motor and sensorial development
Age
After 3 months
Materials needed
Any safe objects , kitchen items
- After the circular movement my baby started to move forward, to encourage the same I have kept few items at some distance. More than any toys, he is more interested in kitchen items .
- Keep some safe cups. Make sure the corners are blunt and not sharp.
- Let them scoot and grab it. They start to keep things in mouth. Keep it clean and provide it.
Vision development
Benefits
Gross motor and vision development
Age
After 5 months
Materials needed
Books with different colored images
- Babies have good color vision starting from 5th month. We can encourage it with books.
- Keep a board book at some distance and let them look and observe it
- We can start reading books from birth onwards. Look for more details about the same from the below link.
Aww, that’s so cute and very informative.
My kids have grown up this cute age, and I’m happy that I had made them play all these activities.
Such home fun activities are great way to teach kids circular motion, motor skills, holding power, recognition, etc.
Thank you. Yeah!! It is so much fun watching them
wow such an informative and cute post..I really liked the way you had explained each activity with proper photos and details. will help a ;lot to new parents for keeping their infants creatively enganged.
Thank you .It is definitely a cute age 🙂
These are age-appropriate activities and the photos make them all the more captivating! A very well-written piece which will be useful for new moms!
i loved how meticulously you have planned your activities. my son loved sound n light toys and kitchen utensils at that stage.
Wow moms like you are awesome. You do so much to keep the baby entertained and help them with their motor skills. I did none of the above. Just sat and spoke or read with the baby when we were at home.
Aww so cute. Glad we did the suggested activities and shared our experiences on our blog.
A really nice collection of activities for a very young age. You have really gone in-depth in this post and I truly appreciate that.
I have personally tried most of these things with my son.. the texture game with real objects is really nice.. kids enjoy a lot while exploring different textures.. U have a great resource centre. 🙂
I loved the simplicity of this post. These are such easy activities with things which are easily available at home. But the positive impact they make on a growing child is huge. These activities on day to day basis helps in the proper wholesome development of the child.
Wonderful post
That’s super cute way to share the appropriate activities of a baby at certain age, found it very informative, pics are so perfect!
These are simple yet effectively time consuming activities.
The activities mentioned are very simple yet powerful as it helps developing gross motor skills. The sequencing of activities is also perfect. Very informative and useful post for new moms.
These activities are gonna make a child more active and playful increasing his overall development. The compilation has been done keeping all details into consideration. Very insightful post.
I love it how you have explained each activity in a simple way with pictures. I have crossed the stage but I am sure this post will be very helpful to new mothers.