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Play Time!

Play Time!. The Job of a Baby is to Play. Play helps babies learn about the world around them Play is essential to all areas of development Play helps babies learn to interact with others. Developmentally appropriate.

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Play Time!

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  1. Play Time!

  2. The Job of a Babyis to Play • Play helps babies learn about the world around them • Play is essential to all areas of development • Play helps babies learn to interact with others

  3. Developmentally appropriate • Developmentally Appropriate (DAP)—Toys, activities, and tasks that are appropriate for a child of a certain age based on abilities.

  4. DAP Activities for Infants Younger Infants Older Infants Peek-a-boo and clapping games Place toys just out of the baby’s reach to encourage crawling Tickling Splashing in water Reading from simple books with big pictures • Gently shake, stretch, and exercise the baby’s arms and legs • Make noise with a rattle or other toy • Place colorful toys where a baby can learn to reach for them • Make funny faces for the baby to smile at

  5. Exploration • Babies have an inborn need to explore • They explore through their senses • Cause and effect is a major part of exploration

  6. Toys are thetools of learning

  7. DAP Toys For Infants Birth to 3 Months: • Bright colors, moving objects, interesting sounds • Black and white contrasting designs • Human-like faces (especially eyes) • Simple rattles and teethers • Toys suspended above or to the side of infant for grasping

  8. DAP Toys For Infants 4 to 6 Months: • Stimulate sense of touch—textures • Things to handle, shake, bang, suck, and chew • Stuffed toys, esp. ones with squeakers • Simple picture books

  9. DAP Toys For Infants 7-9 Months: • Things that make noise • Textures • Things that can be moved, pushed, kicked, or thrown • Blocks, stackable rings

  10. DAP Toys For Infants 10 to 12 Months: • Things to push or pull • Things to manipulate • Things to empty and fill • Things that fit together • Things that hide and reappear • Bathtub toys • Picture books

  11. Choosing Toys • Look for toys that: • Encourage participation and use • Have multiple uses/help babies learn multiple things • Will remain interesting long term • Are easily washable/cared for • Are safe • Toys do not have to be expensive to be fun! • Many common household items make great toys

  12. Toy Safety The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has safety regulations for toys. Manufacturers must design and make their products to meet these standards.

  13. Reading to Infants Book Handling Turning pages, looking right-side up Picture Recognition Identifying, finding, and naming objects Sound Recognition Imitating sounds, understanding that letters represent sounds Books are Fun! Enjoying books What Reading Teaches

  14. Choosing Books Have simple texts, include familiar things Have rhymes and rhythms Have textures to feel or flaps to manipulate Have lots of bright, simple pictures, especially faces Look for books that:

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