Parenting Tips for Your 12 Month Old Child
Pull the Right String: A Using-a-Tool Game
Purpose of game: This game helps your baby learn to use objects as tools to get what she wants.
How to play: Hold your baby in a sitting position on your lap facing a flat surface such as a tabletop. While she is watching, tie one end of a piece of string around a favorite toy. Place the toy out of reach on the table and say, “Get the toy.” Your baby will learn to pull the string to get the toy.
Another Using-a-Tool Game
How to play: Place the toy on the string out of reach again. Place two more strings alongside the string with the toy attached. Your baby will learn to pull the string with the toy attached instead of the other two strings. Playing games like this helps your baby develop her ability to learn and lets your baby know you love spending time with her.
Be sure to put the string away when you are not playing with your baby. Babies can strangle or choke or strings and cords.
