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There will be days when your baby will insist on playing with her food. Instead of being annoyed with this child's action, why don't you help your baby to "enjoy" the new game with the food tray itself? Let's join your child in the “art class on the dining chair”, mom!
Suitable age: 8 - 12 months
Development skills : This game for babies from 8 months old will help babies develop hand-eye coordination skills and familiarize themselves with colors.
Need to prepare: Colorful and sticky foods such as peas or pureed carrots, a dining chair with a tray.

Games for babies at this age should be hand-eye skills coordination games
How to play:
Put on the tray, in front of the baby some "material" colorful vegetables and fruits that the mother has pureed and let the baby eat, just "compose", "paint" art right on the tray of me. Choose foods that your baby has tried at previous meals, such as peas, carrots and other vegetables, ...
When babies use their hands to mix and knead, mothers remember to show them the names of each color , and at the same time instruct them how to combine to create different colors.
One more way to play on the dining chair, mother should cook and cut into small slices of vegetables such as carrots, broccoli, potatoes ... or you can take advantage of any food that can be built into towers, like bread for example, ... Put the food tray in front of the baby, the mother will also sit across the baby and sort them out: carrots in a corner, potatoes at a corner ... Stack the food pieces into towers one by one and let your baby Observe what you are doing. Start with the largest pieces of food and stack it up.
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Maybe, letting your child play with food will make many parents not "fall in love", but for children, this is an interesting game, developing useful skills, especially being tested with the " specific ”material. Who knows, the moment of playing with vegetables like this is also beneficial for your baby's interest in vegetables later!
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