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After discovering how to pick things up, your 8-month-old may spend lots of time just passing toys from hand to hand or nesting things together. Your baby may also begin to associate words with objects—you can set the stage for learning with simple books, games and toys that introduce words and sounds.
Crawls forward or backward, sometimes while holding an object.
She is beginning to string two behaviors together.
She is developing small-motor skills such as the pincer grasp.
She begins to articulate sounds, starting with vowels and moving on to all the other sounds made in every language.
She starts to investigate the world.
She knows that toys don't disappear when they're hidden; they still exist somewhere.
Musical toys

Entertainment centers that encourage standing and cruising

Sorting & building toys

* How to help your 8-month-old baby learn more with these toys ...

As your baby begins to talk, she loves making sounds. So take an imaginary trip to the zoo and learn about animals while you increase your baby's listening and language skills. continued ...

Other Play & Learn activities for 8-month-old babies:
Bells Are Ringing Drum Beat Pop Goes the Parent
Snow Scape Abracadabra Touch 'n' Tell
Happy! Sink or Float Tipsy Teeter-Totter
Tunnel Trip

When toys are labeled with ages, does the child really need to be that age? Are the labels for safety, or are they based on research of developmental stages?
Age recommendations are guidelines for parents and gift-givers to use when purchasing toys for children. The age recommendations on Fisher-Price toys are based on the following factors: safety guidelines, sound knowledge of the developmental stages of children, observations of children interacting with toys, input from parents and history of similar toys  continued ...
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  1 month   8 months   2 to 2 ½ years
  2 months   9 months   2 ½ to 3 years
  3 months   10 months   3 years
  4 months   11 months   4 years
  5 months   12 months   5+ years
  6 months   12 to 18 months


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8-month-old
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Baby Smartronics™ Peek-A-Boo!
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