• Natural materials - wood, fabric, rubber, stainless steel
• Not choking hazards
• Beautiful materials - colourful, decorated
• Variation - colour, size, weight, texture, shape, functions
• Intuitive to use
• Limiting number of activities - 5 or 6
• Maintain & restore - Wait until they are done completely and then tell them we are going to restore the activities
• Quality over quantity
• Prepare the environment, not entertain
• Offer help only when needed and offer just enough help for baby to complete the task themselves

Language:

• Refer to them by name and talk them through our actions
• Make eye contact and wait for them response
• Repeat their response back to them or say out what we think they meant
• Point to items in the environment and name them
• Give cues about their routines, share jokes and enjoy the conversation
• Read books (daily life, realistic), play music, sing, dance
• Involve baby in daily life and let baby listen in on adult conversations
• Speak slowly and let baby look at your face

Movement:

• 0-3M
  • Visual mobile (Black and white -> Primary colours -> Gradation -> Stylised dancers)
• 3-6M
  • Tactile mobile (Bell on a ribbon, ring on a ribbon, rattles, interlocking rings)
  • Movement mat (Mirror observation, tummy time)
  • Slow-rolling objects (balls made of different materials)
• 6-9M
  • Baby-sized furniture (shelf, table & chair])
  • Discovery baskets (5-6 items to explore - fabric, kitchen, bathroom, colour-themed)
  • Introducing solids (child-sized utensils, cup)
• 9-12M
  • Low furniture
  • Walker wagon
  • Object permanence box
  • Activities to practice using their hands (Play dough, squeezable bath toys, nesting toys, stacker with rings, puzzles, drawers to open)

Music:

• Offered as an independent activity and not played nonstop
• Instruments (shakers, drums)