Anyone have advice on a teaching schedule for a 9 month old.

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN · Mar 20, 2009

Anyone have advice on a teaching schedule for a 9 month old.So far I practice his ABCs,read a few books to him,teach him his colors and animals and try to take him to the park every day and give him floor.Does anyone have any other idea's of learning stuff to do.Thanks!

Birbitt · Mar 20, 2009

Everything a 9 month old baby does is learning. Just give him lots of chances to explore and be sure to have lots of mommy cuddle time with him. Don't push anything that young, just let him be a baby while you still can...these days are over and gone before you know it!

Singin4Him · Mar 20, 2009

Birbitt said:
Everything a 9 month old baby does is learning. Just give him lots of chances to explore and be sure to have lots of mommy cuddle time with him. Don't push anything that young, just let him be a baby while you still can...these days are over and gone before you know it!

I completely agree! They're constantly learning at this age! Just make everything fun and layed back, there is no need for structured teaching at this age. Reading to your child is a great way to start "teaching" them, they pick up so much from that alone. He'll learn all of that in time but like Birbitt said, let him be a baby while he can, it is amazing how quickly those days pass and he's a little boy!

Stan53 · Mar 21, 2009

CRAZYWOMAN said:
Anyone have advice on a teaching schedule for a 9 month old.

Umm, sounds a bit like your trying to set a formal education thingy. Not sure what I think about that.
I like what the other folks had to say. At 9 months I guess he is sort of getting mobile now and wants to explore his world. By now he has had his fill of being carried around and looking at everything. You did give him plenty of in-arms experience I hope. After all, they learn as much by observation from the safety of mum or dad's arms, and more than if in a pram or cot or playpen.
What to do. Well, by now he would be wanting to stuff every thing he can lay his hands on into his mouth. Some things you would prefer never got in there. But no matter; it will build up his immune system. So get his high chair, you do have one of those things I presume and put him in it whilst you do the food preparation. Oh, don't forget let him do the taste test. It also add a new dimension to his diapers when next you change them. You can give him a running commentary on the benefits of this vegetable over that one. Of course this is a good time to talk about fractions and other maths equations. Not that he will understand much, but he will like the sound of your voice and wont get bored. Boredom leads to whining kids and that will never do,
When you go do your laundry is the time to let him loose on the clothing. Now you can teach him about lights and coloured and the various things involved with hard and soft water and so on. Not that he will understand any of this, but he will think it's excellent that Mum is taking the time to chat.
Now I think about now you will have got the drift of where I am heading.
Now don't forget this is the time to talk about touching and boundaries and such.
Okay, I will shut up now.
Enjoy!

ShannonMcCatholic · Mar 21, 2009

Um...do nothing, except wear and carry baby, let them crawl and climb...,take them with you where you go....give them lots and lots of love and make them feel safe and secure (FWIW- my children are usually not over their in-arms time until around 18 months. They spend much more time after they're crawling on the ground--but still want to see and experience the world from the safety and perspective of my back for another 9 months or so)

We don't do any sort of intentional teaching in regards to academics until they're 6 or so....and yet they all learn it all anyways. My recently turned 6 year old is starting to read, and my 4 year old is starting to write and know her letters. All on their own, without any formal teaching from us...just from exploring our environment and being read lots of picture books and novels, and encouraging curiosity and asking questions.

Birbitt · Mar 21, 2009

Stan53 said:
Umm, sounds a bit like your trying to set a formal education thingy. Not sure what I think about that.
I like what the other folks had to say. At 9 months I guess he is sort of getting mobile now and wants to explore his world. By now he has had his fill of being carried around and looking at everything. You did give him plenty of in-arms experience I hope. After all, they learn as much by observation from the safety of mum or dad's arms, and more than if in a pram or cot or playpen.
What to do. Well, by now he would be wanting to stuff every thing he can lay his hands on into his mouth. Some things you would prefer never got in there. But no matter; it will build up his immune system. So get his high chair, you do have one of those things I presume and put him in it whilst you do the food preparation. Oh, don't forget let him do the taste test. It also add a new dimension to his diapers when next you change them. You can give him a running commentary on the benefits of this vegetable over that one. Of course this is a good time to talk about fractions and other maths equations. Not that he will understand much, but he will like the sound of your voice and wont get bored. Boredom leads to whining kids and that will never do,
When you go do your laundry is the time to let him loose on the clothing. Now you can teach him about lights and coloured and the various things involved with hard and soft water and so on. Not that he will understand any of this, but he will think it's excellent that Mum is taking the time to chat.
Now I think about now you will have got the drift of where I am heading.
Now don't forget this is the time to talk about touching and boundaries and such.
Okay, I will shut up now.
Enjoy!

This is also a good suggestion! Talk to your baby as much as possible...even if you are just narrating everything you are doing all day long...it helps his language development and he loves mommy's voice so he'll be happy and content. I used to do this when I was changing my boys. I'd take off the diaper and usually the clothes and then tell them now we'll take out our RIGHT foot, and now our left and so on and then repeat in reverse to dress him. They loved it!

Linnis · Mar 21, 2009

Let him play. My son besides from Speech/Occupational therapy has had no formal education. I read to him, play with him but the majority of the time he's playing alone or with other kids. We go to the park. He learns from playing - I do try to pick toys that will encourage him to use his imagination not every toy has to talk, sing, blink and light up and he's doing amazingly well. Shocks me with what he's figured out on his own that I know I didn't tell him.

I also love how creative he's getting turning 1 toy into something else who knew a toy gum ball machine and a Baton could become a vacuum.

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN · Mar 21, 2009

Thanks guys I was just getting worried that I wasn't teaching him enough.I guess I'm doing fine.

Sign Of The Fish Burger · Mar 21, 2009

ShannonMcCatholic said:
Um...do nothing, except wear and carry baby, let them crawl and climb...,take them with you where you go....give them lots and lots of love and make them feel safe and secure (FWIW- my children are usually not over their in-arms time until around 18 months. They spend much more time after they're crawling on the ground--but still want to see and experience the world from the safety and perspective of my back for another 9 months or so)

We don't do any sort of intentional teaching in regards to academics until they're 6 or so....and yet they all learn it all anyways. My recently turned 6 year old is starting to read, and my 4 year old is starting to write and know her letters. All on their own, without any formal teaching from us...just from exploring our environment and being read lots of picture books and novels, and encouraging curiosity and asking questions.

Agreed! I woudl suggest you get some sort of carrier (my personal favorites are my ring sling and my moby wrap, oh and babyhawk's are pretty popular too). Isabella LOVES being worn and practically squeals with delight when she seems me putting her sling on. I wear her all day long around the house and she just takes it all in. I talk to her and explain everything I'm doing: these are carrots, and this is how I'm going to cook them etc.

I also read to her all the time. Right now she loves anything with bright, prominent faces. I also do tummy time (since we're trying to roll over) and we dance and sing and spend lots of time talking to each other. And of course LOTS of sleeping LOL.

Hadassah · Mar 22, 2009

definitely what everyone else has said. Jonathan LOVES being carried and watching everything. He's very interactive most the time. I can't slow this child down other than wearin him. We do a lot of "Look do you see _____?" "What do you think _______ is?/is doing?"

He watches some educational shows and interacts with those as well. One favorite is baby einstein, another is the little einsteins. . . he claps when they say "Patsch, Patsch" in German, instead of slapping his thighs... LOL "Klatsch" (Clap) sounds very similar.

We do some songs together like "If you're happy and you know it..." and he loves that. "Deep and wide", and we hide and seek under blankets. Anything else is Jonathan driven.

CrystalBrooke · Mar 24, 2009

IMO, one of the best things a parent can do for their child as far as teaching goes is to NOT "baby talk" to them. Talk to them on your level from day one...it'll help with their speech as they get older. There's no need to call water "wa wa" or a bottle a "ba ba". And make them talk to you and tell you what they want..grunting and pointing shouldn't cut it. That's my small bit of advice..it worked great with Emily and other kids who's parents didn't "baby talk" to them.

Hadassah · Mar 25, 2009

Yes! That is one thing that drives me batty. It's one thing to joke and play around and do the cooing and funny talk.... and the baby knows the difference... but to be serious and that's how you talk to them for 5 years. ugh..

Jilly123 · Mar 25, 2009

CrystalBrooke said:
IMO, one of the best things a parent can do for their child as far as teaching goes is to NOT "baby talk" to them. Talk to them on your level from day one...it'll help with their speech as they get older. There's no need to call water "wa wa" or a bottle a "ba ba". And make them talk to you and tell you what they want..grunting and pointing shouldn't cut it. That's my small bit of advice..it worked great with Emily and other kids who's parents didn't "baby talk" to them.

I completely agree! I didn't make any effort to specifically "teach" DD anything, but I talked to her, A LOT. I literally used to narrate everything I did, and never used baby talk. By 18 months she was talking clearly in very long sentences. I've seen the same thing happen with friends of mine.

I read such an interesting study once on how intelligence has a direct link to the vocabulary the child was exposed to as a baby. Obviously it isn't the ONLY factor, but it is a huge factor. They found that kids who had parents who used a broad vocabulary and no baby talk, had much higher IQ's than kids who had parents who used a limited vocabulary and lots of baby talk when the kids were babies - including those who had tried to "teach" their babies things like colors etc. It was sooooo interesting. They also mentioned in the study how kids who had high Emotional Intellegence learnt things much faster than kids with low Emotional Intellegence.

I wish I had saved the link. I've been searching high and low for it, but I can't find it. If I do find it I'll post it. It was one of the most interesting studies I've ever read on child development.

BookwormPrincess · May 25, 2009

I agree with what everyone else has posted.
My son is 17 months old, and we've always talked to him like an equal, narrating everything we do. I read to him lots, although now he likes turning the pages over too quickly. His language is slowly coming on.
One of the things you could try to help with his communication is to teach Baby Signing. I bought a dvd from www.singandsign.com. It's really lovely and some babies pick up the signs really quickly and it can avoid frustration because they can communicate even though they can't form the words yet. My son only really uses the signs for 'milk' and 'more' though, but I have friends whose babies were signing lots and it's really speeded up their talking.

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