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Bang the pots: a play idea for 6 to 9 months

Your baby finds out that different pots make different sounds. It takes about 5 minutes and uses two or three pots, a wooden spoon.

Checked October 29, 2026.

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How to play

Bang the pots6 to 9 months · about 5 minutes

You need: two or three pots, a wooden spoon.

  1. Sit your baby on the floor with pots turned upside down around them.
  2. Show them one bang with the wooden spoon.
  3. Hand them the spoon and let them bang.
  4. Copy their rhythm back, then try loud and soft.

Builds: moving and using hands and thinking and problem solving. Your baby finds out that different pots make different sounds.

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