Reposted from my Moonlight Blog: March 30, 2017
Hi Tammy!
I’m looking for some recommendations from a Montessori perspective of fun activities and play time to do with an infant. She is 6 weeks old and I want to keep her appropriately stimulated (not over or under stimulated) with things that her brain can actually process at this age and the coming weeks. Do you have any tips?
Hello!
For six week old, a generally recommend a soft, but firm place to lay on her back and observe. A futon mattress works well. I like to place it in a place where she can have one nice view (like where she could see out a bank of windows to outside), and if she turned her head the other way it is a blank wall. This will provide her with a self-selected break if she chooses.
In the first 3 months we use the mobile series. I have linked to the DIY versions (thank you, to Rachael at Little Red Farm and Meg from Sew Liberated). You can also buy either assembled or unassembled versions on Etsy. They are not very commercially available, we make them in teacher training.
For six week old, a generally recommend a soft, but firm place to lay on her back and observe. A futon mattress works well. I like to place it in a place where she can have one nice view (like where she could see out a bank of windows to outside), and if she turned her head the other way it is a blank wall. This will provide her with a self-selected break if she chooses.
In the first 3 months we use the mobile series. I have linked to the DIY versions (thank you, to Rachael at Little Red Farm and Meg from Sew Liberated). You can also buy either assembled or unassembled versions on Etsy. They are not very commercially available, we make them in teacher training.
The Visual Mobile Series (these are used for baby to look at, and should always be kept out of reach):
Black and white pictures (0-4 weeks)
Munari Mobile (3-6 weeks)
Octahedron Mobile (5-8 weeks)
The Gobbi mobile (7-10 weeks)
Dancers Mobile (8-12 weeks)
Flowing Rhythm Mobile (8-12 weeks)
Butterflies (10-16 weeks)
Hummingbirds (10-16 weeks)
Mother and baby whales (10-16 weeks)
The Tactile Mobile Series
Tripod mobile hanger (can be used with or without mat, also available to purchase)
Bell on a Ribbon (12-16 weeks)
Wooden ring on elastic (12-16 weeks)
Primary colours mobile (12-18 weeks)
Wooden musical mobile (16-20 weeks)
Then I also use a tented cloth on her side (the side that is more “stimulating”). She can reach for it and eventually work on grabbing it. That is basically a cloth of firmish material (a washcloth works) that you pull up in the center so it looks like pyramid).
I HIGHLY recommend the book The Joyful Child, by Susan Stephenson. Her website is also a wealth of information.
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