Generally simple puzzle blocks can be played by a one-year-old baby. When starting to play, parents can demonstrate to the baby, and then let the baby do it by themselves. Parents should also encourage and praise the baby, continuously cultivate the baby’s interest, and improve the baby’s manual and brain ability.
The behavior of one-year-old babies is becoming more and more outgoing, and their hand-eye coordination skills are more mature. They also have cognitive abilities to understand simple cause-and-effect relationships. Looking at things with eyes and grasping objects with hands are what one-year-olds like to do during this period. Sometimes only let the baby hold a building block, he will also be very interested, he can also turn it, let it go, play content is more abundant.
For a baby, there is no need to have many building blocks, just a few. Babies at this stage know how to hold two objects at the same time. The more flexible your baby’s movements, the greater the chance of injury. Therefore, the blocks they play with should be soft or plush blocks. Blocks should be larger than 3 inches wide, with rounded edges, easy to grip, bright colors and sensory elements.
Parents can sit opposite the baby on the floor and roll some cylindrical blocks to each other. If the baby does not roll smoothly, the parents can sit behind the baby to help him, or they can stack the blocks together with the baby. When the building blocks fall down, the parent should praise the baby every time he puts it on, and give a verbal prompt saying: “Put it here!” Let the baby put the building blocks up one by one.
