#6-12 months
The best way to help your baby develop their language and literacy skills between 6 and 12-months-old is through songs, nursery rhymes and talking to them. Talking to your baby will help them to learn new words and sounds, which will help to build their confidence when it comes to making noises and speaking their first words. Words for Life provide a range of activities for your baby to help work on their early milestones before starting nursery.
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Read Talk about feelings nowTalk about feelings
Hearing you use words to describe feelings will help your child to understand and manage their emotions when they are older.
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Read Point and see nowPoint and see
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Read Getting to know your baby's facial expressions nowGetting to know your baby's facial expressions
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Read 'Touch and Feel' books now'Touch and Feel' books
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Read How to make a treasure box nowHow to make a treasure box
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Read Roll the ball nowRoll the ball
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Read The Wheels on the Bus nowThe Wheels on the Bus
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Read Sing a Song of Sixpence nowSing a Song of Sixpence
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Read There was an old lady who swallowed a fly nowThere was an old lady who swallowed a fly
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Read Sleeping Bunnies nursery rhyme nowSleeping Bunnies nursery rhyme
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Read This Little Piggy nowThis Little Piggy
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Read Jack and Jill nowJack and Jill
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Read Monday's Child nursery rhyme nowMonday's Child nursery rhyme
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Read Row, Row, Row Your Boat nowRow, Row, Row Your Boat
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Read Hush, Little Baby nowHush, Little Baby
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Read When I grow up book list nowWhen I grow up book list
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Read Non-fiction book list nowNon-fiction book list
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Read Lost in space book list nowLost in space book list
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Read Happiness and wellbeing book list nowHappiness and wellbeing book list
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Read Black Stories Matter book list: age 0-5 nowBlack Stories Matter book list: age 0-5
Black Stories Matter Booklist 0-5
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Read Reading the same book nowReading the same book
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Read Clap with me nowClap with me
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Read Talking to your baby nowTalking to your baby
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Read Playing with bubbles nowPlaying with bubbles
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Read Homemade rattle toys nowHomemade rattle toys
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Read Hide and surprise game nowHide and surprise game
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Read Babies and mirrors nowBabies and mirrors
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Read Caterpillar Song nowCaterpillar Song
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Read I'm a Little Snowman nowI'm a Little Snowman
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Read We Wish You a Merry Christmas nowWe Wish You a Merry Christmas
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Read Jingle Bells nowJingle Bells
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Read Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush nowHere We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Have fun singing and dancing together with this popular children's song.