Images with sounds

9-10 month old babies often like bright, colorful toys with vivid shapes, especially dolls, cars, cute little animals and objects that make sounds when held or touched. When giving your baby toys like these to develop their ability to recognize surrounding objects, parents should tell them the names of each different object or best of all, associate the toy with a characteristic sound. For example, when giving your baby a stuffed dog, you should point to the toy and clearly say the sound “dog” or “little dog” along with the sound “woof, woof”. After many times like that and when the thinking has developed to a certain level, the baby will understand that dogs bark “woof, woof”, cats say “meow, meow”, cars and motorbikes say “brùm, bùm” …

While playing with your baby, you can also combine teaching your baby the details of toys, such as the eyes, nose, mouth, ears of a stuffed dog, the wheels of a car …

Photo album

9-10 month old babies also love looking at photo albums with many colors and vivid images. You can choose some photos or postcards with rich colors and clear images to show your baby. You can also hang or paste these photos on the wall in your baby’s room or where your baby often plays so that your baby can see these images at any time.

When showing your baby these images, you should say the exact names of the people, objects, and animals that appear in the photos. For example, in the picture is a kitten, you should point and say to your baby: “This is a cat”, do not tell your baby this is “meow meow”.

After your baby has clearly recognized and memorized the names of the objects in the picture, you should replace them with a new series of pictures so that your baby does not feel bored and also learns more things.

Recognize body parts

Mom sits on the floor, baby sits on her lap. Both mother and child look at a large mirror in front of them (it is best to place the mirror close to the floor). Mom touches the baby’s head, ears, eyes, nose and chin, touching each part and clearly stating the name of that part, for example: “This is the head of… (baby’s name)”, “This is the nose of… (baby’s name)”… If you can combine touching with songs that mention the names of baby’s body parts, it is even better. You can refer to the songs “Why don’t you shake the baby?”, “Five senses” to make this game more interesting for your baby.

Imitate Movements

This game trains your baby to imitate the movements of others and explore more about the functional capabilities of body parts. When playing for the first time, you demonstrate first with simple movements such as smiling, sticking out your tongue, moving your tongue from side to side, puffing your cheeks, shaking your head, nodding, etc. After completing the movements, you encourage and cheer your baby to follow. When your baby repeats the movements, you clap your hands, cheer and praise to encourage your baby’s spirit. While playing this game, you must maintain a comfortable and cheerful attitude to create an atmosphere of excitement for your baby to participate in the game.

After your baby can perform a few individual movements, you can “refresh” the game by continuously performing these movements at an increasingly faster speed. Surely your baby will love it.