Games Babies Play. Vicki Lansky

RIDES

       BOOKWORM

       CHANGING WAYS

       DO YOU LIKE MY HAT?

       DROP OUTS

       FACE IT

       FEELING GOOD

       FINGER PLAY

       HANDS ON

       HIDE ‘N SQUEAK

       JACK-IN-THE-BOX

       KITCHEN PATROL

       OFF TO THE RACES

       ONE TOO MANY

       OVER YOU GO

       PAT-A-CAKE

       PLAY BALL

       PULL OFF MY GLASSES

       RUB-A-DUB TUB

       TOES TIME

       TRACKING

       WHERE’S BABY?

       WHIFFLE WILL

       ZOO BASKET

       Developmental Milestones - 9 to 12 months

       ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

       AT ATTENTION

       BABY BOUNCING

       BALLOON GAMES

       BLANKET FUN

       CLOTHESPIN DROP

       COUNTING ON THOSE FINGERS

       CREATIVE STACKING

       CROQUET

       FOREIGN LEGIONS

       FUNNY FACE

       GLOBE TROTTING

       GOTCHA

       GRANNIE PLAY

       I GOT RHYTHM

       IT’S WEATHER OR NOT

       I SEE --- YOU SEE

       LET’ S CLAP

       MAKE RAIN

       MEGAPHONE MAGIC

       OFF TO THE FARM

       SCHOOL DAZE

       SPILLING-POURING POWER

       STAIR MASTER

       STUCK UP

       TUG OF WAR

       TOY TUG

       WAXED PAPER FUN

       WRITE NOW

       YANK-Y-DROOLER

       YOUR VERY OWN BIRTHDAY

       OTHER BOOKS BY VICKI LANSKY

       Copyright Page

      special thanks to:

      editors: Cynthia Stange, Kathryn Ring, Carol Lowry, and contributors: David Katzner, Jean Ruchert, Terri Ellis, Betsy Koch, Rhonda Koziak, Sharon Peterson, Stacy and Roy Haslett.

       introduction

      Welcome to the wonderful world of your baby.

      In this first year you will see your baby’s abilities expand as your little one grows and develops in amazing ways. There is no way more wonderful to share in this process than through the delight of play and games.

      In baby play each family member learns about the other—and about oneself. You learn about attention spans, abilities, communication without words, patience, anticipation, crescendos, beginnings and endings, laughter, and the joy of touching.

      And best of all, in playing games, a baby learns that he or she is loved.

      Babies collect information through their senses. They need to have stimulation brought to them—stimulation to match their growing abilities. Here are activities to encourage as well as delight.

      While these ideas are given in a loose chronological order, don’t forget to go back and play the games suggested in the earlier chapters as your baby matures.

      With all the newly developing skills that these games will help encourage, know that this is only the beginning. The best is yet to come.

      Enjoy!