You may already notice your baby searching for toys that you
have hidden or dropped. Thus, exploration is a very big part of your Childs
learning during this age range, so encourage their learning by stimulating their
curiosity. You can do this by playing hide and seek or peek-a-boo with your
baby or hiding toys for them to find.
One of the most important things to do at this age range or
even before, is to start reading to your child. If you don’t have any
books presently don’t worry because at your Childs 7-9 month check you
will get a free pack of books from book start
Reading to your child is essential. This is because research
suggests that reading to your child can help them gain strong language, literacy
and numeracy skills these skills can in turn give them:
“……. a developmental head start that improves
the life chances of individuals through childhood and into adult life”
(bookstart 2008).
What better way to be a good parent than preparing your child
to be successful in their adult life.
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A babies learning within this
age range focuses very much on what child development theorists call object permanence.
This is that your child will begin to realize that people and objects can still
exist even when they are out of sight.
