I've been thinking lately that I should incorporate more activities into our days. My LO is almost six months. We go to the park, playgroup and music class and also take walks, read books, sing songs and run errands, but I would love to incorporate some more structured activities or projects into our day. Anyone have any suggestions for art projects or similar activities for babies around this age?
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Anyone?
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Try putting "Montessori 6 months" into pinterest. Even if you aren't a huge Montessori person you will find a bunch of fun ideas. Art projects are still tricky because even the food ones might not be ideal for a baby just learning to eat. Maybe shaving cream or pudding with food coloring in a large ziploc?
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I used to let DD finger paint with yogurt + food coloring.
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Pinterest was/is my friend when coming up with activities! IMO, it's still a hard age to do any real focused activities.
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sounds like you are doing all the things we did at that age! I found the website Productive Parenting to be useful for quick activity ideas.
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Pinterest. Duh. Thanks
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It sounds like you're staying busy! I wish we could do that much!
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We enjoy many of the activities you've already mentioned, but I'm always looking for more stimulating activities to occupy my eight month old daughter. I do a lot of hand-over-hand promoting so she can experience tasks she may not be able to do independently, yet - I help her pound dough in a ziploc, stir food in a bowl, and water our herbs. We've recently been experiencing some rather warm weather, so we've been incorporating picnics and some beach time into our week. We're hoping to start swimming on occasion, too.
I like looking through "the imagination tree" website for cool, diy sensory toy and activity ideas. I'm working on a sensory box for our daughter, right now.
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@Bao: honestly, I think we both get bored easily.
@deerylou: great ideas. Thank you so much!! Can't wait to try them.
I'm not really big into structure, but I think we may need a bit more of it. I too frequently look at the clock and wonder what in the world we are going to do all day!
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Independant Playtime? http://www.hellobee.com/2013/11/15/independent-play-for-babies-and-big-kids-too/
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