After five months, children become extremely mobile, they try to crawl, sit down, are actively interested in the surrounding reality. At this age, it is too early for them to say goodbye to rattles, but the time has come to learn new entertainment. By the six months of the baby, psychologists recommend purchasing a certain set of toys.
Rattles, balls, rubber animals
At this age, the child becomes interested in more complex rattles with unusual shapes and handles. It should be fun to capture them while developing fine motor skills. Recently, soft rattles in the form of animals or dolls have been popular. They often have a built-in mirror or sewn-in massage peas, which will delight your little one.
The ideal option for the bath will be rubber squeaky toys. The child can already sit in the bath, but he is already bored with just washing. It is much more interesting if a fish, a duck or a frog is swimming nearby, moreover, it will expand the child's understanding of the world around him. Quality rubber toys are easy to press and float smoothly.
It is very important for a crawling toddler to have moving, rolling toys. They help the child to master his first method of locomotion - crawling. It is good to get an ordinary medium-sized car or horse on wheels. Be sure to buy balls - they should be bright, different sizes, so that they can be rolled and rolled.
At the age of 6-7 months, the baby plays hide and seek with great pleasure, loves to find and hide himself. You can cover toys or your face with all kinds of rags, periodically hiding and showing. Creative moms can make a developmental rug from different fabrics that will help the child learn different sounds and materials, for example, tapping, rustling, rolling peas.
Educational toys
At this time, you can introduce the baby to his first book. At first, it should be thick enough for a child to taste, with large pictures and minimal text. "Turnip" and "Ryaba Chicken" are perfect.
The child will also like large colorful cubes. With the help of your mother, you can build a tower from them, and then destroy it. You can do the same with the pyramids, the baby will not be able to assemble it on his own, but he will be happy to serve the rings. Choose a pyramid with a stable base and wide ring holes. Lego toys work well.
Also, to the developmental toys suitable for a six-month-old baby, you can include the simplest sorters, balls moving along arcs, slopes for balls. Choose the simplest toys with the minimum number of parts, large size and simple, uncomplicated shape. As soon as the child learns to cope with the acquired "development", you can move on to more complex ones. Most of these toys were created by experienced teachers, so they are not only able to keep the baby busy, but also stimulate rapid mental development.
