Easy Sensory Activities for Babies 6-12 Months with Hearing Loss
As parents, we all want to provide the best experiences for our babies and help them develop their skills to be healthy and happy. For babies with hearing loss, sensory activities can be even more important to help them explore their surroundings and promote their development.
Here at Raising Deaf Kids, we are big on creating sensory activities that help our kids thrive! Our criteria for a good sensory activity is that it’s entertaining to our kids, a quick activity to set up, and the activity has to fit seamlessly into our daily routine.
There are many options to keep your baby engaged and discovering new textures, sounds, sights, and even smells and tastes! Keep reading to learn about some fun and easy sensory activities for babies 6- 12 months old.
sensory activities for babies 6-12 months
At the age of 6 months, babies start to be interactive and are able to sit up and play independently. That is when the fun really begins!
At 6 months of age babies also start to work on making sounds and acquiring language. This is the perfect time to introduce sensory and language activities to your baby.
To get started with sensory activities for babies, visit the following posts:
How to Create Sensory Games for Babies
Baby Sensory Activities for 6 Months Old
12 Month Old Sensory Activities
use facial expressions as sensory activities
When a baby can’t hear, they rely on facial expressions and body language to understand communication in the world.
In fact, when a baby starts therapy with a speech therapist, the first thing that you will work on is imitating facial expressions with your baby!
Learning how to imitate facial expressions and “read” expressions on other people is the foundation of early language development, be it spoken language or sign language.
These facial expression sensory activities make fun game out of imitating different faces that you make
You can play a peek a boo sensory activity to engage your baby in making funny faces
Music Sensory Activities
When you want to get your little one moving around to play, singing and playing instruments is the perfect way to entertain your baby! These music sensory activities will have you and your little one jamming out all morning!
Sense Specific activities
Most sensory activities combine different senses into one activity for an overall learning experience for babies. However, you can also set up activities that just focus on developing one sense. The following articles will help give you ideas if you are looking to develop just one sense at a time in your baby.
Sensory Play Mat Activities help baby to develop their touch sense
Outdoor Sensory Activities
There’s nothing better than getting your little one out to explore the great outdoors! Playing outside offers a different type of sensory experience for your baby as they get to explore the natural elements of our world. Read below for sensory activities that you can play outside with your baby.
