It is well known that babies are stimulated by patterns and high contrasting colour's such as red, white and black up until they are 6 months old. When Tinnie was small I wanted to make the children's play space as much his as it would be for the older two. High-contrasting toy's and nursery decor can help to stimulate babies brain development so I picked a selection which would help to decorate the room at his eye level and to add to his toy box. Here is a selection of some of the bits I picked:
Manhattan Wimmer mini play mat from Amazon
I brought a selection of black and white books which were either fabric or hard board. Book stores can hold a great collection.
Manhattan Wimmer shapes from Amazon.
Lamaze have a variety of high contrast coloured toys, they are also great for exploring texture and sound.
We also printed some black and white images which I added at a low level around the play spaces and next to his changing unit. I noticed Tinnie was more drawn to the pictures then the toys around the room but I think this is because they stand out a lot more. These picture's we found by searching high contrast images on a search engine, then printing and laminating them. It may use quite a lot of your ink but I'm used to going through ink cartridges quickly and it still cheaper and a quicker result then buying them. As a childminder I tend to look for a cartridge discount so it doesn't affect my bank balance so much. There is so much out there you can do with printer ink, I plan to purchase some special fabric transfer paper and make our own family photo fabric books if I can get round to it before Tinnie is 5 :0) .
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