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Play “Roll the Ball” with Your Crawling 11 Month Old

Last Updated: September 27, 2008 Related resource areas: Parenting

Parenting Tips for Your 11 Month Old Baby

Play Ball: An Eyes and Body Game

Purpose of game: This game teaches your baby to crawl to get things and to find out about them.

How to play: Take a ball that your baby likes and roll it toward, away from, and then to the left and right of her. Say, “Look at the ball. Go get the ball.” Your baby will try to get the ball by crawling after it.

Another Eyes and Body Game

How to play: Move things away from and back to your baby while she watches. This helps your baby see that distance may affect how things look, but it doesn’t change their size.

Be a consultant. Stay close and watch your child throughout the day. Let her come to you to share her excitement, frustrations, and need for comfort. But don’t jump in at the first sign of a challenge. Let her solve problems for herself as much as she can. That’s how she learns.

Learn more about Your 11 Month Old Baby from Just In Time Parenting. You can also go to our Resource Links for additional information on child care and development.

Note to Parents: When reading this newsletter, remember: Every baby is different. Children may do things earlier or later than described here. This newsletter gives equal space and time to both sexes. If he or she is used, we are talking about all babies.
References: These materials were adapted by authors from Extension Just in Time Parenting Newsletters in California, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Tennessee, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.