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Montessori at 7 months

10 Treasure Baskets for babies

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Have you seen one of those videos where babies choose random real-life home objects to play with rather than toys? Let me tell you, its true babies love random stuff found at home. Make sure they are child size objects, made of natural material, safe to mouth and put them in a basket and we call these ‘treasure baskets’ (aka heuristic basket). We have been exploring these since Anika was 5 months old and she still loves them at 8 months and I am sure she will enjoy these for many more. Here are some ideas…

Basket with balls of various textures
Basket with hairbands and wooden bangles
Basket with socks
Basket inspired by objects we find outdoors
Basket with wooden material
Basket with sponges/ brushes
Basket with blocks
Basket with wooden rings
Basket with teethers
Basket with rattles

Hope this gave you some ideas <3

Observations at 7 Months Old

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Babies are amazing! Everyday, they seem to be doing something new. Below are just few things that I can remember for what Anika got upto at 7 months old….

  • First intentional word was Tasha (Sasha whole patting our dog). She does make sounds like mama and dada but they are not intentional yet.
  • Loves giving cuddles.
  • Directs her day by pointing to what she wants to do next. Ex- points to CD player when she wants music on!
  • She has started showing a very cheeky side! She bites and then gives big cuddles. She offers food and then takes it away!
  • She recognizes many words and points at them correctly. Some of them are- stars, light, daddy, Sasha, dog, cat, birdie, mama….
  • She lifts on all her fours. Tummy crawls backwards and in circles. 
  • She spends a lot of time doing push ups.
  • Anika absolutely loves social interactions with babies and adults. 
  • She shows a clear preference for wanting to go outside at all times.
  • Recognizes people she sees every week and extends her arms out when she wants to be carried by them. 
  • Loves to throw everything, including her food!
  • Hates wearing a bib! Loves feeling the food while eating it.
  • Got her first tooth and the second one is on the way.
  • Loves small things like a speck of dirt! Loves to play with hoodie strings, labels, zips and clothes.
  • Recognizes herself in the mirror and pictures and loves it!  
  • Loves holding things in one hand and manipulating it with the other hand.
  • Dancing is her all time favorite thing to do.
  • Recognizes all her favorite rhymes.
  • Enjoys putting the ball in the hole, in object permanence box. 
  • Loves taking out rings from a stacker. 
  • Plays peekaboo by herself and invites others to join in…
  • Loves taking out all the tissues from the tissue box and tearing it into pieces.
  • Flip fingers was her all time favorite Montessori inspired toy. We are so grateful for this amazing gift from Every Educaid.
  • She also explored a whole lot of treasure baskets.