In the tenth month of life, the baby becomes larger, more active and smarter. The child's body becomes stronger, the movements become confident, some children at this age take their first steps. At ten months, children can hold objects with both hands, jump, stand on tiptoes. More and more often the baby shows his character, shows uniqueness: he plays calmly or actively, behaves quietly or makes noise. Games for a 10 month old baby should improve reflexes, motor skills and attention.
Child playing with cubes
Classes with a 10 month old baby
At this age, kids understand parental speech, try to reproduce words in their own way. Parents can notice how the child imitates them: picks up the phone, remote control, opens locker doors, repeats movements. Children begin to understand when they are praised or scolded. Games with a child from 10 months should be aimed at his development.
Moving, crawling, trying to walk are favorite childhood activities at this age. Playing with a child at 10 months should develop his body:
- One of the parents stands in front of the baby, holding his hands. An adult gently tilts it in different directions. You can practice with music or hum a song. Gradually, the support decreases, the child holds on to 1-2 mom's fingers, bends over on his own;
- The baby lies on his stomach, under him is a rolled blanket or towel. He must take the position in which he crawls. Mom slightly shakes it back and forth, every 20-30 seconds the baby is rearranged half a meter forward so that there is a feeling of movement;
- The child stands with his back, his feet are on his mother's. Holding his shoulders, mom takes a few steps with him. If the reaction to the game is positive, it can be repeated several times a day. Exercise helps coordinate movement while walking;
- While walking, it is important to keep balance in order to develop it, the baby needs to be placed on the lap of an adult, his arms spread out to the sides (like an airplane). Further, the adult raises and lowers his knees, then raises one knee, the child at this moment bends in different directions. It is necessary to help him balance and not fall;
- Children love the game "Ku-ku, where am I?" from the first months. Next, you should teach the child to hide and open his face. He can cover his face with his hands or a handkerchief. When the baby is “found”, the mother should react joyfully. Each time he will show more emotions;
- For the development of the voice and in the future speech, you can invite children to sing to music. It is not necessary to pronounce the words, there are enough sounds that he can repeat (mom, dad, grandfather, etc.).
Educational games for a baby at 10 months
Children in the first months of life react in the same way to any toys: touch, look, throw. From the 10th month, when fine motor skills develop, they begin to study subjects. When choosing what to do with a child, parents should give preference to educational toys. Now the processes of play and learning are inseparable.
The kid plays
What toys to choose:
- cubes;
- pyramid;
- musical toys;
- entertainment and educational books;
- cars (airplanes, railway).
Cubes
Instead of plastic or wood, it is better to choose soft tissue cubes. A simple toy that gives a child freedom of creativity:
- You can offer the kid to play with them, build a tower of 5-6 cubes and break it;
- A pyramid is built from cubes. The base should be from 3-4 cubes, with their height it becomes smaller. The kid will first watch, after which he will make the pyramid himself;
- Mom suggests using the cubes as chairs for dolls, plush animals. Most likely, the baby will scatter toys, but before that he will remember the action.
Pyramid
It is not necessary to buy large and voluminous models; for a 10-month-old, a simple pyramid with 5-6 rings is suitable. Adults show how to disassemble and assemble it. The first day the baby will only take off the rings, then he will learn how to put them on randomly. After 1-2 weeks, it will build the pyramid correctly.
Musical toys
There are many toys on the shelves that make sounds: plush toys, dolls, children's pianos and other musical instruments. They develop hearing, rhythm, and reaction to sounds. Some sounds scare away, so musical toys for a 10 month old baby should be chosen together.
Entertaining and educational books
At 10 months, babies get to know the living world around them and their body. Today there is a large selection of children's literature that introduces the child to animals, birds and plants. Parents can show the baby pictures with animals and reproduce their sounds, ask the baby to find the right animal.
Toy cars
Children love cars, regardless of gender. Parents show how a car drives or a plane flies, while accompanying the process with sounds. Trucks can be filled with toys and entrusted to the child to transport them to another location. The main thing is to show how the car should drive and what sounds it makes.
Note! It is not enough to give your baby a toy. In the course of the game, parents tell the child what is in his hands, what and why he is doing.
Lie toys
Children under the age of one year do not fully develop attention, they are not able to appreciate complex expensive toys. For development, improvised means can be used:
- Boxes. Clean boxes of shoes or equipment, caskets will do. It is necessary to show children how they open, how things can be folded and taken out of them;
- Rattles - Baby's first toy can be used in new ways. Closer to the year, children are not interested in shaking it, you can invite the child to "play" a simple rhythm or melody with a rattle. The kid can collect them in a bucket or basket;
- The ball can be found in any home where children grow up. The child pushes the ball to mom, mom to the child. A simple game develops coordination of movements.
How to play with your baby
The child receives and learns the first knowledge in a playful way. Any game should not only entertain, but also teach him new things, instill previously unfamiliar skills. During the game, character traits are formed, often the games of boys and girls at an older age differ. At 10 months, their toys are almost identical.
Boy and girl
How to play with a boy
Any games are suitable for boys: throw and push the ball, search and collect objects, build with bricks and a constructor. A construction set for a boy should be large. Do not give small parts that can be accidentally swallowed or inhaled.
Every boy will be glad to have new cars, helicopters, boats. Modern child psychologists argue that there is no need to buy toys for a child that cause potential aggression: plastic pistols, swords, robots that look threatening.
How to play with a girl
A girly toy box may be dominated by plush animals, dolls, dresses and strollers. A girl and a boy at 10 months can play with the same toys. For a girl, a game of ball, cubes, whirligig, pyramids, constructor is also suitable. Until one year old, children do not fully understand the purpose of toys. Most likely, dolls and cars will be equally scattered.
Note! If parents are worried that a boy or girl prefers toys of the opposite sex, you can try to combine them. For example, offer a girl to put a doll in a car and ride it.
The purpose and purpose of educational games
The kid sleeps less and is more awake closer to the year, his free time is occupied by games. Educational games with a 10-month-old baby affect physical and emotional health, train hearing, speech, vision and fine motor skills.
Speech development
By the age of 10 months, the baby does not pronounce the words, but understands their meaning. To develop his speech, exercises are suitable:
- Questions and Answers. Mom asks: "Where is the nose, mouth, eyes, ears?" You need to repeat the game with all visible parts of the body of the child and adult;
- Asking the kid to give, bring, show, remove any items. Before him you need to lay out different things and ask: "Give me a towel (ball, box, etc.)." If the child does not respond, the mother shows what he must do;
- When the baby is dressed, you need to comment on the actions, say: “These are pants, and these are legs. These are handles, and this is a jacket. This is the head and this is the hat. " Then the questions are asked: "Where is your leg, hand, head?" The last stage is a request to stretch your leg, raise your arm, turn your head, etc.;
- When the whole family is at home, the baby can approach everyone at the request of the mother. Suffice it to say: "Where is the grandmother, find her and go to her." Everyone, to whom the child approaches, should meet him with joy;
- It should be explained to the baby how to shake his head if he wants to refuse or agree. Any of the relatives offers the child food that he is not interested in (a whole vegetable, packaged food), the mother shakes her head and says: “No, I don’t want to,” the baby repeats. You can offer him a favorite toy so that he nods before taking it;
- Each action is voiced: the ball fell - bang, the food on the spoon - am. The child willingly repeats sounds, gradually he will begin to pronounce the words.
Physical development
Active games develop the child physically, strengthen the bone and muscle framework of the body. The kid is ready to move a lot, you can offer him:
- Rolling toys - children lean on them while walking. It can be a car, a stroller, or an inflatable ball. During the game, the feet, muscles of the legs, hips are developed;
- Dancing. Under the cheerful simple music, they show movements that the child will repeat: body bends, body movements, arms, legs;
- Catch-up. Adults crawl on all fours, the baby crawls away. This game will strengthen his back, shoulders, arms and legs;
- Active walk. Up to 2-3 hours a day, children should be outdoors, at this time the child studies objects around him, moves, rides on a swing and contacts with peers.
Development of sensorimotor skills
Motor games for a 10 month old baby:
- Collect the mosaic. In children's toy stores, mosaics are sold in the form of a panel with holes in which small parts (round or hexagonal) are attached. While working with mosaics, attention is concentrated, fine motor skills develop;
- Confetti. The child is given multi-colored sheets of paper, which he must tear. Parents monitor the work of their fingers so that the pieces are small;
- Small things are laid out in front of the baby (buttons, beads, clothespins), he takes one at a time and puts it in a plastic bottle with a narrow neck.
Mosaic for the development of motor skills
Development of coordination
Before learning to walk, a child must have developed a sense of balance. The following games will help:
- Collect items. There are toys on the floor, my mother asks to collect everything in one place. The kid will bend, rise, fall and get up, learn to balance. You can do the cleaning together, instructing him to collect toys;
- Reach for things. If the child is learning to stand, you can sit him on the floor, put a chair next to him or a children's table with your favorite toys. Adults ask to get a toy, show it, the child will begin to reach for it. Repeat the game 1-2 times a day;
- Imitation. Children willingly repeat the actions of adults, this can be turned into a game. Parents show simple movements: hands up, hands to the side, clench and unclench a fist, stand up and sit down. The kid repeats;
- Hold 3 items. In the right and left hands of the child, 1 toy each, he is offered another one. Next, you need to observe his behavior: can he figure out how to keep them;
- Playing with an inflatable ring. The children's circle lies on the floor, you need to place the blocks or the constructor on the sides. The cubes will fall, the baby will begin to lay them out with concentration. The exercise makes him understand what balance is, develops coordination.
Development of hearing and vision
To stimulate hearing, you need to read books to your child, sing lullabies, talk, turn on pleasant music or cartoons. Any toys that make sounds, play melodies will do. Dr. Komarovsky recommends buying an ordinary bell - this is the simplest thing for developing hearing. If you choose several types with different tones, the baby will listen and distinguish them. Children can slap their palms on the table or wall, try to knock on a simple rhythm.
Toddler playing a musical instrument
In the first years of life, a child's eye reacts to contrasting color combinations, so all toys are multi-colored. Parents can show the child's toy, describe its color and shape, and then ask the child to find an object of the same color. Showing pictures, you need to ask the kid: “Find a square or a triangle. Show me where the color is red or yellow. "
At 10 months, the child's brain is actively working, absorbing and assimilating information. Children are easy to learn, ready to learn everything new, to taste the world by touch and taste. Parents should help them develop by making learning fun.
