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Toy Phone Chat

👶 11–13 months Cognitive

Pretend to have a phone conversation with your baby.

In the Little Play app, this activity appears in week 49 of your baby's personalized plan.

Toy Phone Chat, a baby activity for 11–13 months

How to play

1
Hold a toy phone to your ear: "Hello! How are you?"
2
Hand the phone to your baby.
3
Watch if they babble into it, early pretend play!

What you need

• A toy phone

Simple household items. No plastic toys needed.

Why it works

Pretend play with a phone is one of the first signs of symbolic thinking, using objects to represent real things.

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