At about 6 months, your little one’s vision is already developed and they can now recognize a few images and objects.
Introducing your child to bold photographs and colorful images can be quite fun and interesting, especially when you can tell that they can actually recognize these images.
If you manage to get their attention, then you are going to have a good time.
Generally, older babies tend to be more active and are likely going to try to get the book out your hands or make several attempts to flip the pages.
That is one reason why experts suggest reading to babies several times a day in three-minute increments. This will help you deal with having to fight to gain the attention of your 8-month-old baby.
Here are 5 books for babies from 6 to 12 months.
This is a colorful book by Nina Laden which features colorful pictures and simple rhyming words.
The concept of this board book helps to develop your baby’s comprehension, as well as their ability to identify letters and words.
The illustrations are properly laid out and easy to read, giving your child visual cues for words and letters.
The pages and the cover of the book are sturdy – great for babies who are extremely curious and want to turn the pages themselves.
This is a great book for babies with a lot of visual representations and illustrations.
The pages are colorful and very engaging.
The text is simple and easy to teach to your little one – you can read to them in a conversational style so they can build their language skills.
Goodnight Moon By Margaret Wise Brown
This classic children’s book by Margaret Wise Brown is an amazing bedtime book.
You can read it to your little one when they are about to sleep.
The book features a short poem of goodnight wishes by a little rabbit making an attempt to postpone his sleep.
The illustrations are simple and quite effective in providing your little one with visual cues.
Having your little one point at the objects in the book makes a great bedtime activity.
This book can help develop your baby’s cognitive strengths.
Baby Touch and Feel: Animals by DK
This touch and feel book features many cuddly bunnies and other animals.
The board book is great texture helps babies develop their senses by attributing textures to their corresponding animals.
Babies find this book very exciting and fun – there are 12 vibrant pages with large and engaging images.
Each image has a large word label that can be read out loud to your little one.
This book also teaches language skills, reading skills, shapes, colors, patterns, and many more.
Baby University Four-Book Set by Chris Ferrie
This four-book collection by Chris Ferrie consists of include quantum physics for babies; rocket science for babies; general relativity for babies; and Newtonian physics for babies.
This series of books introduces your little one to scientific principles through colorful and simple illustrations.
If you want your child to develop an interest in science, this might be the way to go.