Ages 6‑9 Months

Play peek-a-boo games and copy games, such as sticking out your tongue, or banging a pan.
Give your toddler a wide range of objects or toy with different textures, shapes, colours and weights.
Read books, make music, sing, and dance.
Play in-and-out games, such as putting blocks in a container and taking them out.

Notice the size of objects, reaching for smaller objects with finger and thumb and larger objects with both hands.
Know whether objects are near or far.
Understand how objects can be used. For example, your toddler may bang blocks on the floor, shake a noisemaker harder, or push buttons on a toy.
Search briefly for an object when it is taken away from her or him.

Drop objects and then look for them.
Understand the concepts of “in” and “out.” For example, your toddler may drop several large beads in a cup, dump them out, and repeat.
Use problem‑solving skills. For example, your toddler may pull the string of a pull toy to get it closer.
Start to combine known behaviours in new ways. For example, your toddler may reach and crawl at the same time.
May think of him‑ or herself when looking at a child in photos or a mirror.

Continue to breastfeed.
Give lots of praise for new skills.
Give your toddler a range of objects or toys (fill‑and‑ dump toys; toys for stacking, nesting, and sorting; toys with a variety of textures, shapes, sounds, colours, and weights; childproof books).
Read books with your toddler.
Play copy games, such as sticking out your tongue or banging a pan.
Play hide‑and‑seek games.
Play in‑and‑out games, such as putting blocks in a container and taking them out.
Dance, play music, and sing with your toddler.