Speaking and language newborn activities<\/h2>
1. Read any novel aloud.<\/p>
2. Recite the ABCs with different accents.<\/p>
3. Sing Adele or your some of your favorite songs. (Your baby is no music critic.)<\/p>
4. Sing nursery rhymes and lullabies<\/a>.<\/p> 5. Walk around the house and point out your favorite keepsakes.<\/p> 6. Touch and recite body part names, such as leg, arms and toes.<\/p> 7. Have a pretend conversation about the weather.<\/p> 8. Read baby books like you’re a stage actor.<\/p> 9. Imitate their noises.<\/p> 10. Say their name over and over.<\/p> 11. Make meals with them watching you and recite the recipe a la Julia Child.<\/p> 12. Talk to them when they can’t see you, like when they’re in their crib and you’re in the bathroom.<\/p> 13. Take turns making noises. You coo, wait for them to make a noise, you make a different noise.<\/p> 14. Tell fun and interesting stories about family members.<\/p> 15. Repeat sounds they make and add words.<\/p> 16. Answer them when they “call out.”<\/p> 17. Recite the names of family members.<\/p> 18. Flex and extend their hands.<\/p> 19. Clap their hands to the beat of your favorite song.<\/p> 20. Touch their hands to their head.<\/p> 21. Cross-body touch with their hands.<\/p> 22. Help them hug a stuffed animal.<\/p> 23. Let them hold your finger.<\/p> 24. Use a textured glove to touch their hands.<\/p> 25. Touch their hands to different objects.<\/p> 26. Touch their hands to your lips while you move them.<\/p> 27. Flex and extend their feet.<\/p> 28. Make a scissors motion with their feet.<\/p> 29. Make a straddling motion with their feet.<\/p> 30. Make a kicking motion with their feet.<\/p> 31. Dance while holding them.<\/p> 32. Use a textured glove to touch their feet.<\/p> 33. Cross-body touch with their feet.<\/p> 34. Get involved in tummy time<\/a>. (Always monitor baby for breathing safety while on their tummy.)<\/p> 35. Add toys to tummy time.<\/p> 36. Do baby sit-ups, either placing baby in your lap, or if their neck is strong, hold their hands and pull them up from a horizontal position.<\/p> 37. Try tummy time with a floor mirror.<\/p> 38. Read a book to them during tummy time.<\/p> 39. Get on your belly and do some face-to-face tummy time.<\/p> 40. Help them reach for toys.<\/p> 41. Have your newborn tuck their knees under their belly for support.<\/p> 42. Lay them on both of their sides.<\/p> 43. Sit them up while holding them, and sway to some music.<\/p> 44. Help them to roll over on both sides.<\/p> 45. Move objects that they can track with their eyes.<\/p> 46. Partake in face-gazing. (Aka have a staring contest.)<\/p> 47. Show them objects with bright colors.<\/p> 48. Hold objects on a string above them.<\/p> 49. Hang colorful scarves from the ceiling.<\/p> 50. Track a flashlight beam.<\/p> 51. Take them outside and show them leaves and flowers.<\/p> 52. Play “where’d it go” with plastic containers and a small toy. Just keep extra-small things out of your baby’s reach.<\/p> 53. Show them a photo album with family members, and tell stories behind the pictures.<\/p> 54. Test out a local music or mommy and me class<\/a>.<\/p> 55. Blow some belly raspberries.<\/p> 56. Give your baby a massage with lotion.<\/p> 57. Imitate their movements.<\/p> 59. Ring a bell from different areas of the room to see if they look for the sound.<\/p> 58. Have skin-to-skin contact (and catch up on your favorite daytime talk show).<\/p> 60. Show them sign language motions, such as the sign for milk.<\/p> 61. Dance like only your baby’s watching. (They’re also not a dance critic.)<\/p> 62. Bring them out to see a new public place (and so you feel normal<\/a> again).<\/p> 63. Show their reflection to them in a mirror.<\/p> 64. Shake a rattle and try to get them to grasp it.<\/p> 65. Try bathtime with toys.<\/p> 66. Try finger play activities.<\/p> 67. Count fingers and toes.<\/p> 68. Do bicycle legs and “toes to the nose!”<\/p> 69. Play some rounds of peek-a-boo.<\/p> 70. Rock in a rocking chair, varying speeds.<\/p> 71. Sway side to side while holding them.<\/p> 72. Have a dance party with them in a front carrier or wrap.<\/p> 73. Practice the thrill of anticipation, starting with your hands held high above their head and quickly coming down to tickle them.<\/p> 74. Host a baby playdate.<\/p> 75. Play with some toys that make noise.<\/p> 76. Take a walk to a playground and watch big kids play.<\/p> 77. Try a baby swing once your baby can sit up.<\/p> 78. Take a walk to a dog park and point out all the dogs.<\/p> 79. Pet soft objects around the house.<\/p> 80. Practice being “gentle” by letting them explore your face.<\/p> 81. Hold them up by their hands and let them “dribble” a soccer ball.<\/p> 82. Try seeing what he does with a squeaker toy, like Sophie the Giraffe.<\/p> 83. Plan a walking date with a mom or dad friend every day.<\/p> 84. Find a nature path to explore.<\/p> 85. Try a parent and baby yoga class or YouTube video.<\/p> 86. Make different facial expressions, like happy, surprised, fish lips, etc.<\/p> 87. Cuddle them.<\/p> 88. Do some of your own exercises (planks!) during his tummy time.<\/p> 89. Touch noses.<\/p> 90. Visit a new ice cream shop and tell them how delicious it is.<\/p> 91. Bounce them gently on your lap, supporting his head. (Learn the “Trot Trot to London<\/a>” song.)<\/p> 92. Take baby out to a new brunch spot each week.<\/p>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.kinsights.com\/content\/images\/LaurenGarcia-202055101955218894.jpg\")
<\/figure>Activities for hand movement<\/h2>
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<\/figure>Activities for foot movement<\/h2>
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<\/figure>Newborn activities for core strength movement<\/h2>
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<\/figure>Visual activities<\/h2>
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<\/figure>More playful newborn activities<\/h2>
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