Hasbro Children's Hospital Parenting Guide:
Reading Tips for Parents
6 to 8 Months Old
Even babies enjoy books and learn from sharing books with adults.
Make it part of your regular bedtime routine to turn off the TV
for a few minutes and share books.
What to expect
At age 6 to 8 months, babies can:
- Hold onto a book and pat the pictures.
- Taste a book.
- Copy some of the sounds you say and the looks on your face.
- Pay attention to a book for a few minutes at a time.
What you can do
- Find a quiet, comfortable place for book sharing.
- Name and point to the pictures your baby shows interest in.
- Help your baby turn pages.
- Act out pictures using your face, hands and voice.
- Enjoy a game of copying your baby playing with books.
The information in this guide is provided by the Read
To Me Program at Hasbro Children's Hospital.
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