Musical Mouth

Materials You Need: None; a soft blanket, and a Harmonica, a horn or a roll of toilet paper are optional.

What You Can Do Together: Take advantage of the best musical instrument you have at home: your mouth! Babies love hearing different sounds and spending time with mom and dad- what better activity to unite both aspects.

To start, you can lay your baby on a soft surface on a soft blanket, or you can lay her on your lap so that she can see your face.

It's time to start playing, start making sounds with your mouth: loud kisses, clicks with the tongue, farts, vibrating the lips imitating the sound of an engine, growling, screaming, whistling, singing or humming. You can also imitate animal sounds; a duck, a dog, a cat, a horse, a cow, a pig, a chicken, a rooster, a monkey, a snake, a bird, a donkey, a wolf and many more.

Suppose you realize that your baby is particularly enjoying hearing a certain sound. In that case, you can include an instrument or tool to modify the sounds, such as a harmonica, a horn, a homemade megaphone (using a bare roll of toilet paper), among others.

Always make sure that the instruments or tools you use are not dangerous for your baby. Avoid making sounds that are too loud, as you can upset your baby and make her feel uncomfortable. If you perceive that any sound is awkward, do not repeat it.

What Your Child is Learning: With this activity, you will help your baby distinguish and locate the sounds coming from the outside and execute the ability to reproduce sounds, facilitating the development of language.