Voice hide-and-seek: a play idea for 9 to 12 months
Finding you by your voice is a happy game and good practice for little partings. It takes about 4 minutes and uses nothing but you.
Checked October 29, 2026.
How to play
Voice hide-and-seek9 to 12 months · about 4 minutes
You need: nothing at all.
- Step just behind a door or a chair, where your baby can still find you.
- Call their name in a sing-song voice.
- Wait for them to crawl or look your way.
- Pop out: "You found me!" A big sibling can hide too.
Builds: social and emotional and moving and using hands. Finding you by your voice is a happy game and good practice for little partings.
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Sources
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: Small Parts for Toys and Children's Products (16 CFR part 1501) (checked October 29, 2026)