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Brain Builders
Stimulating Activities for 9-month-olds
By Tammy Morey
The following exercises were designed to help your baby work on many of these skills. Keep in mind they will stimulate your baby's entire body. Each time you perform the exercise, your baby is actually responding; her brain will be registering the action, and her muscles will be getting stronger.
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands, (Clap your hands twice)
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands, (Clap your hands twice)
If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it,
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands (Clap your hands twice).
If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet, (Tap Baby's feet on the floor in a stomping motion twice)
If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet, (Tap Baby's feet on the floor in a stomping motion twice)
If you're happy and you know, then your feet will surely show it,
If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet (Tap Baby's feet on the floor in a stomping motion twice).
Sit comfortably on floor with you baby sitting on your lap, facing outward. As you sing the verses, clasp your hands over hers to make a clapping motion for the first verse. For the second verse, put your hands on her feet and make a stomping gesture on the floor. You can make up new verses to sing and show her what she can do. (Open and close, wiggle your toes, etc.)
Brain-building skills: body awareness and language skills
One little, two little, three little kisses (Bounce Baby on your knees),
Four little, five little, six little kisses (Bounce Baby on your upper thighs lifting her up in the air)
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