The movement favors their cognitive development and the coordination of the senses.
Soaring through the air, flying in mom’s arms, swinging on the swing – the kids love (and need) to move. Movement favors your sense of balance. The smooth swaying? The rattle of the cart, the purring of the car? It reminds them of Mom’s tummy, where they were most comfortable. Older children are passionate about the strongest wiggles: jumping through the skies, feeling that they fall into the void, etc. With the first games they calm down, and with the second they get excited and have a great time, although sometimes they have to lose a little bit of fear. They will do it without problems, especially if it is mom or dad who makes them jump. And it is that a study carried out on one-year-old children showed that they reacted with distrust when the distance between them and the ground measured more than 30 centimeters. Only when parents encouraged them,
A little kiss in the boat
Place the baby supported on various cushions so that it is in front of you. Sit cross-legged on the floor so that they look at each other. For this game use a long stick. Grab the stick (maybe a broomstick) with both hands, at shoulder height, and move closer and away from the baby, swinging back and forth as if you were paddling. You can sing a song.
Stand in front of the little boy and hold the stick at his hands. By five or six months it will cling; Pull him gently, move him closer and further away, and from time to time bring him very close and kiss him: “Oops!” he repeats with glee. Your little one will love your exclamations. With this exercise, you develop the abdominal and arm muscles, the control of the head and the spatial perception. The smaller it is, the slower you will go.
The elevator
Lay the baby on your lap as you say, “We’re going up in the elevator. What floor does the Lord go to? To the third ». Then raise your legs. “You get down here,” and you leave it on the floor. Raise it again, this time with some stuffed animal, they will descend on another floor. Lastly, the elevator breaks down and goes up and down from the ground floor to the roof, multiple times and very fast. Your little one will be fascinated and you, by the way, take the opportunity to do some exercise to strengthen your legs and arms.
Roller coaster
Lay the baby on his stomach and on your forearm, with his face facing out, and prepare him to ride a roller coaster. “Let’s go!” You announce. They go up, they go down, they go forward, they go backward… Progressively increases speed. These stronger, unforeseen rattles help you develop your balance-based vestibular system. They also help shape your spatial perception. From the age of six months, movement becomes his main attraction, so he find the largest number of activities related to it. With this game, you coordinate the movement of your hands and the action of the rest of the muscles with each other.