Homemade Play Guide: Age-Based Baby Play Activities at Home
Importance of Homemade Play
Play is the most important activity that promotes a baby's physical, cognitive, language, and social development. Through age-based play activities that can be done at home with simple materials, you can have positive interactions with your baby and stimulate brain development.
Recommended Play by Age
- 0-3 months: Black and white cards, rattles, baby exercises, baby massage
- 4-6 months: Mirror play, sound toys, rolling over play
- 7-9 months: Peek-a-boo, ball rolling, block stacking
- 10-12 months: Finger play, shape sorting, walking practice
- 13-18 months: Paint play, clay, reading picture books
- 19-24 months: Role play, puzzles, music activities
Five Senses Stimulation Play
Play that stimulates all five senses - vision (mobiles, color cards), hearing (instruments, music), touch (touching various textures), taste (tasting solids), smell (smelling natural scents) - helps brain development. Especially ages 0-3 are the golden period of brain development, so various stimulation is important.