SLP Recommendations:
7-12 Months
Promotes fine motor skills, color, & shape knowledge
Develop imitation, pre-reading, and sensory skills with one toy
Multi-sensory book for teething babies
Learn colors, shapes, counting, fine motor skills, problem-solving capabilities, & more!
Water/ chew/ rip proof, Rhymes/ songs promote language development
15 toys/ activities, helps with gross & fine motor skills, cause/ effect, vocabulary, & more!
Promotes oral language growth & less behaviors
Huggable, learn colors, learn through music, 3 language
Fun Facts
Around 9 months, babies start babbling with consonants (“ba-ba,” “da-da”) — building blocks for first words.
Gestures like waving and pointing are early communication tools and predict later language skills.
Babies love repetition — singing the same song or reading the same book helps their brains lock in new sounds and words.
Reading together at this stage boosts attention, listening, and bonding — even short moments make a big difference.
By 12 months, most babies understand dozens of words (far more than they can say).
Joint attention or the ability to share focus on an item or experience starts to emerge.