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Infant and Baby Development and Play

Nurture your little one's growth and development with a curated collection of baby and toddler activities! From fostering fine motor and gross motor skills to promoting language development and sensory integration, these activities are designed for both learning and fun.
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The OT Toolbox- Pediatric Occupational Therapy Activities
the baby feeding schedule for babies
Infant Feeding Schedule
Feeding Therapy
Infant Feeding
Baby Feeding Schedule
Oral Motor
Sensory Integration
Early Intervention
Occupational Therapist
Language Development
Infant Feeding Schedule
Check out these resources and tips from a pediatric occupational therapist who supports early intervention and feeding skills in occupational therapy treatment for infant and babies. Includes tips for infant feeding therapy to support parents and caregivers.
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12 Month Old Activities
Baby Play Ideas
Activities For One Year Olds
Baby Development Activities
Purposeful Play
Baby Sensory Play
Toddler Sensory
Baby Kicking
Developmental Milestones
Activities for 10-12 Months
These baby play ideas are perfect for 10-12 month babies and were created by a pediatric occupational therapist. We're supporting developmental milestones like taking first steps, cruising on furnature, walking, and moving from stand to sit and sit to stand.
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9 Month Old Baby
Sit To Stand
9 Month Olds
Activities for 6-9 Months
These baby play ideas are great for development of babies aged 6-9 months. This list of activities for 6-9 month old babies are created by a pediatric occupational therapist to support developmental milestones like sitting up, reaching, moving from sit to stand, crawling, and rolling.
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Sensory Motor
Baby Invitations
Sorting Activities
Activities for 4-6 Months
These baby play ideas for 4-6 months are guided by a peiatric occupational therapist to support development. Use these ideas to encourage gross motor skills through sensory motor play ideas.
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Occupational Therapy Activities
Activities for 0-3 Months
These baby play ideas are activities for 0-3 months that guide development and play. These occupational therapy activities support development.
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Activities For Infants
Infant Play
Activities for Infants and Babies
Baby and infant play ideas are used in OT to support developent. Occupational therapy activities are guided by play. Use our occupational therapy for babies ideas to guide play as the child’s primary occupation to work on developmental skills in babies.
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Baby Developmental Milestones
Sensory Input
In Utero
Motor Development
Push And Pull
Baby Developmental Milestones
Child development begins in the womb. As that baby develops and grows in utero, they are already stretching and moving, practicing reach and grasp, and stretching against the walls of their mother’s uterus. That push and pull that you felt as an expecting mom was your little one gaining strength and sensory input! That motor development continues after birth, and that’s when the fun begins because as mom or dad, we get to snuggle that little one, engage with them, and watch their every move!
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What is a Developmental Milestone?
A “milestone” is basically a checkpoint for physical or behavioral development. These are basic levels that a child should achieve as they grow. Here, we're talking about infant and baby developmental milestones and activities.
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Baby Play Activities
Baby Play Activities for Development
These baby play activities promote learning and child development. Created by a pediatric occupational therapist, the play ideas in this article cover ages 0-12 months and promote a foundation of sensory motor skills.
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Baby Play Ideas
What if you had infant occupational therapy activities at your fingertips? What if you had tips and tools for baby development, baby milestones, and therapist-approved baby play activities designed to promote development, cognitive skills, learning, and baby brain building in all the best ways? Read on for strategies to use in occupational therapy for babies and tips from a pediatric occupational therapist, and strategies that can help you move through baby’s first year with confidence.
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Four Year Old Lesson Plans
Daycare Classroom Activities
Montessori
What To Teach One Year Olds
Homeschool For One Year Old
One Year Old Lesson Plans Ideas
Montessori Activities By Age
Teaching Words To One Year Old
Nanny Lesson Plans
1 Year Old Lesson Plans: Activities by Theme
1 Year Old Lesson Plan Ideas infographic
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Baby Sleep Routine
Baby Sleep Regression
Baby Sleep Training
Sleeping Songs
Baby Sleep Consultant
Sleep Training Methods
Newborn Tips
Baby Schedule
Baby Sleep Schedule
How to Prepare for Sleep Training
How to Prepare for Sleep Training
Newborn not sleeping? One of the main occupations of infants is sleep but for parents, finding sleep remedies for babies can be the interrupting point in every other occupation of the parents (beyond holding, feeding, and caring for the newborn). Here, we are covering how to support the newborn fighting sleep as well as the parents struggling to get newborns and babies to sleep safely. These strategies support the whole household. Sleep Diary, Not Enough Sleep, Sleep Journal, Sleep Strategies, Infant Sleep, Journal Questions, Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Not Sleeping, Baby Nap
Sleep Diary
Not Enough Sleep
Sleep Journal
Sleep Strategies
Infant Sleep
Journal Questions
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Not Sleeping
Baby Nap
Infant Sleep
Newborn not sleeping? One of the main occupations of infants is sleep but for parents, finding sleep remedies for babies can be the interrupting point in every other occupation of the parents (beyond holding, feeding, and caring for the newborn). Here, we are covering how to support the newborn fighting sleep as well as the parents struggling to get newborns and babies to sleep safely. These strategies support the whole household.
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Healthy Sleep Habits
Parenting Tools
Cognitive Development
Toddler Play
Baby Development
Remarkable Infants is a 5 step, all-inclusive online training for new moms focusing on the development of the whole child from birth through 12 months of age. The 5 steps in the training are, Language Development, Healthy Sleep Habits, Cognitive Development, Motor Development and Infant Nutrition. Each step is taught by a child development specialist and lays out evidence-based research, well-organized information and practical, easy things to implement immediately.
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Zucchini Puffs
Perceptual Activities
Book Craft
Visual Perception
Remarkable Infants | Baby Development Course
This course is designed for exhausted new and expecting moms that need practical, research-backed information on infant and child development in the first year. This course covers language development, sleep, cognitive development, motor development, baby play, and infant nutrition and baby led weaning.