Baby Book #9: [Age: 0+]BABY'S VERY FIRST TOUCHY- FEELY ANIMALS BOOK

Today's book is: BABY'S VERY FIRST TOUCHY-FEELY ANIMALS BOOK

Being a mother or a father, you would know that sensory skills and motor skills are the most important skills in the child's development. One of those sensory skills I focused much on is the tactile development

When my child was still a newborn, I also thought of many different activities to improve her abilities to touch and feel the objects. This kind of books is also my choice to support me in this activities.

I want to share with you some options I used to do with my child when using this book.

1. Tactile play

This is the main aim of this book. You can use this book early when your baby is still small. Because the book doesn't contain many words, just big images and different texture.

You encourage your child to touch this book. Pause for about 15 seconds or more, then tell her/him what it is, how he/she feels.

2. Learn the objects

Each page is illustrated one picture. The parent could help your child get familiar with that objects. This activity I saw is another way of playing flashcard. With the aim to bring your child close to nature and life, you could make a story about all those things that can make relevant to the real life.
For example: you can say "Honey, here is little duck. Your grandmother has many of them. They say "quack quack". Can you hear it?" Or you can simply speak out loud a poem related to that pic.

3. Focus on the Details

One more thing I also pay more attention to is to focus on the details. When my child is older, I would stand by her side and help her to pay her focus on details by clarifying the color, the shape, the character of each picture.

Those activities above are my ideas when using this kind of book. There are lots of similar books for you to choose to experience with your child.

Here is another list of 10 best touch and feel books.(Link) You could take a look at it and find out which is suitable for your child. I also reviewed one of them as below.

There are some other books I recommended

1. [Age:0+]Pat the bunny (touch and feel book)
2. [Age: 2+]Kumon First Step workbook
   3.[Age 2+] All aboard reading - Set of 12 books
   4.[Age:2+] "When I'm feeling"
3. [Age: 1+] Baby's story projector flashlight
4. [Age: 0+] Are you my mother?
   7.[Age: 3+] Peppa pigs activities book
   8.[Age 2+]: My first maze book - My ideas to use this book