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Time for you – supporting your baby by thinking about self-care

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Look at those hands! Using reflection to encourage your baby to play on the floor and notice their hands

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Did you know that getting dressed promotes your baby’s head movements?

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Group ideas for you and your baby

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Sing a song about you- use your baby’s name in some favourite songs and rhymes

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Hey baby – have a chat and help your baby develop awareness of their face

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Involve your baby in finding a solution

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Fascinating faces – holding your baby so they can focus on your face

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Baby workout – holding toys above your baby to encourage them to look

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Fabric fun – using different textures when playing to help your baby develop body awareness

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Time for you – supporting your baby by thinking about self-care

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High, low! High low! It’s different tones you know! - using different tones to match sizes when playing

Begin to vary the pitch and tone of the sounds you are making with your baby. They may tune in to the different ranges and be encouraged to copy the sounds. The sounds that your baby will make may differ from yours, remember to praise them for joining in. Try to find two objects that are the same, but are different sizes, for example, a small book and a big book. Show them the small book, using a high voice say, “Small book.” Wait for your baby to try to respond. Next, show your baby the big book and in a low voice say, “Big book.” Again, give them plenty of time to respond. 

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It's all about the b, and the d, and the babble – repeating initial sounds supports early learning

When you are playing with your baby, try to label and name the toys.  Use a mixture of words and babbles, to support their understanding of early communication. Show your baby an object, for example, a ball, and say “Ball! b,b,b,b,b, ball!” Or when it is bath time say “Bubbles! B,b,b,b,b, bubbles!” or “Pop, the bubbles are popping. P,p,p,p, pop!” Wait and listen for your baby to try and make sounds of their own. Use as much expression as you can, your baby will love the enthusiasm in your face and voice. The extra gestures give them clues that they are doing well.

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Sing it loudly, sing it quietly – singing is a great way to explore changing the volume

Sing a few songs to your baby that explore changes in volume, a good example is: 

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Ooh, are you interested in this? – Let me tell you what it is

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It’s all in the repetition – the more you say it, the more your baby will learn

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Talking and babbling – your baby will love to hear your words

Use every opportunity to speak to your baby.  
Focus on them and look directly into their eyes.  
React positively to the sounds they make and use a positive tone of voice when responding to them.  
Nonverbal communication is another good way of responding to your baby. Clap, smile, laugh, and wave as they make babbling sounds. This will give your baby more cues to tell them that their babbling is a great thing. 

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It’s time to explore something new – it feels funny to me, does it to you too?

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