Teaching Games for a 20 Month Old Baby

Teaching games for a 20-month-old baby can aid in teaching turn-taking and motor, memory, and phonics skills. Some teaching games can be played anywhere and only require interaction between you, your baby and your surroundings, while others require quite environments and materials such as flashcards. Playing teaching games can be a fun way to spend time with your baby while advancing their developmental skills.

  1. Watercolor Painting

    • Watercolor painting can teach color recognition, motor skills and imagination while your baby enjoys playing. This teaching game invites parents to watch and interact with their baby by encouraging their creativity and speaking the names of the colors as their baby uses them. Speaking and repeating the names of the colors while holding the baby's full attention can prompt color recognition and name memory. Cheering on the baby while they express their imagination and creativeness can also help build his self-confidence.

    Observation Game

    • The observation teaching game can be played anywhere and relies on the focus of your baby, so making sure your baby is contented and happy before beginning is essential. The game starts by letting your baby choose her interest. For example, if you are in a park, let your baby focus on the grass, birds, trees or flowers as she likes, and encourage her to observe the objects by looking with them and pointing out features. The observation game teaches your baby focus and to be comfortable and willing to explore his environment.

    Flashcards With Alphabet

    • Playing with alphabet flashcards while clearly speaking each letter's name and emphasizing their sounds can help teach your baby phonics and recognition skills. Phonics is the connection between letters and the sounds they represent, which is a crucial understanding when it comes time for your baby to learn to read. Failing to stress letter sounds can limit this teaching game's lesson to memorization through simple letter recognition.

    Hide and Seek With Toys

    • Playing a hide and seek teaching game with toys teaches turn taking skills. This teaching game involves keeping your baby's attention as you place a small toy in the palm of your hand and close it, hiding the toy within your hand, and place both hands behind you. Once your hands are behind you for a moment, bring both hands back in front of you and ask your baby to point to which hand the toy is hiding. Continue to let your baby guess until he has selected the correct hand, and cheerfully applaud them when the toy is found. Let your baby have a turn hiding the toy after you, and continue to switch, highlighting the turn taking by excitedly repeating "your turn" and "my turn," until the game is finished.

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