Activity: Knee rides

  • Date: 2/5/2012, by Autourina Mains
  • Age Group(s): Baby
  • Estimated Duration: 10 minutes
  • Development Areas: Social-Emotional, Language, Early Literacy
  • Materials Needed: none
  • Related Articles: Infant depression

Babies love to go for a ride on your knee. Put the baby on your knee and bounce her up and down singing:

Ride a cock horse
To Banbury Cross
To see a fine lady
Upon a white horse.
With rings on her fingers
And bells on her toes,
She shall have music wherever she goes.

This is actually a great activity that helps develop the sensory system as well.