Experience Baby includes 9 types of play with a baby. Each card offers a new idea for how to play with an infant to inspire communication, movement, or exploration. You can use the ideas naturally throughout the day when the child plays on the floor, during diaper changes, or outside on a walk.
Learning should happen naturally all day long. Let the child’s interest and engagement guide your process. Each activity card is color-coded.
- Purple experiences invite infants to Connect and Communicate
- Orange experiences invite infants to Move and Grow
- Green experiences invite infants to Play and Explore
Which types of play does your baby enjoy?
The 9 ways to play with Baby include:
- look
- grab/squeeze
- roll
- push/pull
- fill/spill
- stack/nest
- cover
- imitate
- shake/pound
Download our Tools for Play Reference Card. It includes suggestions for materials for each of these nine types of play.
For each activity card the Tools for Play: “Where to Find” Guide suggests items from your environment to use with that type of play. Each card lists supplies, but it’s best to use items from the child’s environment so you can always substitute a similar item when needed.
Play in all 9 ways every week with Experience Baby. These play approaches are integrated into 36 activity ideas every month.
Enjoy a new Music Album, Board Book and Nursery Rhymes Poster Display each month.
