What should a 5-month-old baby play to make him smarter?

Today I will introduce games suitable for babies over five months old. Although it is said to be five months old, it is also suitable for older babies! It’s just that these games can be played starting from five months old! 1. Play with spoons Even if babies have not yet come into contact with solid food, they will be very curious when they see a spoon. At this time, playing some games with him with a spoon will help the baby become familiar with the spoon, like the spoon, and reduce the feeling of rejection when adding complementary foods. Suitable for: 5 to 10 months Development skills: Accepting spoons What you need: Baby spoon Let your baby sit upright, then take a spoon and put a little bit of the milk your baby usually drinks (breast milk or formula milk is OK), how much Not important, the main thing is to let the baby get familiar with the feeling of the spoon. Then, use your imagination and let the spoon get close to your baby in a variety of fun ways. For example: pretend that the spoon is a rocket, first stay close to the ground, then you say, \”The rocket launches!\”, and then let the \”rocket\” \”lift off\” quickly. Note, don\’t forget to dub your rocket. , and finally, let the \”rocket\” gently \”land\” into the baby\’s mouth. At the same time, you have to tell your baby, \”The rocket landed on the moon!\” If you are tired of playing the rocket game, you can also play the \”racing game\” and pretend that the spoon is a racing car and \”drive\” into the baby\’s mouth from a distance. You can make the \”car\” drift while dubbing. Similar themes include \”Dolphins are swimming\”, use a spoon to learn the jumping movements of dolphins in \”Train passing through the cave\”, let the spoon get into the cave of the baby\’s mouth amidst the sound of the train \”What\’s more, what\’s more\”, let\’s let the little bird go home. Use your imagination as the spoon imitates the flight of a bird! 2. Look in the mirror. Babies are naturally very interested in human faces. They will be extremely sensitive to eyes, noses and other facial features, as well as various expressions. Therefore, by making faces change, babies can exercise their visual abilities! Good for: 5 to 9 months Developing skills: Vision, concentration What you need: A mirror Face your baby side by side in a mirror. You can carry him to the bathroom to look in the mirror, or you can lean on the sofa with your baby, or lie side by side on the bed, holding a mirror in your hand, and look together with your baby. This is the time to test the richness of your expressions. You can slowly show your baby different facial expressions, such as happy, sad, angry, and aggrieved. You can also make faces, imitate the expressions of certain animals or people. Imitate while telling your baby the names of these expressions in words. Every time you make an expression, stay for a while and see how your baby reacts. He may smile or laugh. When he grows older, he may also imitate you. If the baby imitates your expression, you can let the baby notice his own appearance in the mirror, and then provide timely feedback: \”Yo! The baby is smiling so happily!\” \”Is the baby going to cry?\” You can also adjust the angle to make the baby smile more happily. It is very interesting for the baby to see the two mothers making exactly the same expressions in the mirror and in reality. 3. Where are the toys? Babies who are four or five months old are no longer just passively accepting external stimulation. Their little brains are starting to work. The first concept they understand should be \”The concept of \”objects persist\”, that is to say, \”what cannot be seen still exists\”. If the baby can understand this earlier, it will reduce his future separation anxiety! Therefore, at about 5 months, and It’s great for him to play little hiding-object games. Good for: 4 months to 1 year old Skills developed: Concepts of object persistence You’ll need: A rattle or other small toy; boxes of different sizes (believe in buying If you buy it, you will not be short of boxes of various sizes) In front of the baby, put a small toy he likes in a small box, and then put the small box in a slightly larger box, and then Put another larger box into a box with five or six layers in total. Then ask the baby, where are your toys? The baby will usually stare at the box in confusion. At this time, you can open the first box and take Take out the next box and ask him again, where is your toy? Is it here? Then continue to ask the baby while opening layers of boxes until you open the last box containing the toy and say to the baby excitedly , oops, this is your toy! Then hand the toy to him. Because babies of this age generally do not understand the concept of object permanence, so if you use a big box within a small box, to him, it is like It\’s like magic, dazzling and mysterious, which will definitely fascinate him. That\’s it for today\’s three games! The five-month-old baby has become more active, has become more proficient in grasping, and his little head has become more flexible. Now that they are smart, it is a good time to stimulate their various senses and thinking! Play more with your baby! If your baby is still indifferent to these, don’t worry, each baby’s development speed is different, you can Wait a while and try again.