Speech-Language Activities for the 6-to-12 Month-Old
 Respond to your child’s coos, gurgles, and babbling; treat
these utterances as if they were real language.
 Talk to your child during your daily care activities.
 Read colorful books to your child every day.
 Keep your speech rather simple and concrete.
 Recite nursery rhymes and sing songs.
 Show interest in all the different sounds you hear (ice
clinking in a glass, doorbell ringing, rain falling).
 Share eye contact during the give-and-take of your
interaction as your child coos and babbles.
 Take your child with you to new places and situations.
 Play simple games such as Peek-a-Boo and Pat-a- Cake, with
your child.
 Play simple music for your child.
 Show delight with your child’s efforts to communicate.