hi mummies, found this off the resource page from Gymboree.
http://www.gymboreeclasses.com/b2c/customer/resource.jsp?type=1#1
Play And Learn With Your Baby
Sights, Sounds, And Smells Of Autumn
With baby seated in her stroller or on a blanket under your favorite tree, watch and wait as the wind gently blows the leaves to the ground. Or, go for a walk and push your stroller through fallen leaves. Let baby enjoy the crackling sound underfoot and let her look at them from the safety of her stroller. Add a song to your autumn playtime:
All the Leaves Are Falling Down (Tune: London Bridges)
All the leaves are falling down, falling down, falling down
All the leaves are falling down
My sweet baby!
A New View Of The World
To help your baby build neck, shoulders, and forearm strength, play with bolsters. Roll up a towel or blanket jellyroll style and secure the ends to make a bolster. Slip the bolster under your baby's arms and chest while she lies on her tummy.
Mirror Play
Hold your baby in your arms in front of the mirror. Talk about and point to her body parts--eyes, nose, mouth, arms, etc. Then step away from the mirror and ask "Where did baby go?" Move back in front of the mirror and say, "There's the baby!" This game enhances your baby's growing sense of body awareness, and the understanding that she is a separate person from you.
Splash In The Tub
You can enhance your baby's awareness of cause and effect by giving her things to shake and splash while in the tub. Soon she will learn that by dropping her toy, she can make a big splash in the water! You can make different kinds of splashes for her to listen to as well--from tiny splashes to big ones.
Puppet Play
Have a puppet talk to your baby and sing him a song. Use a funny voice, or a series of funny voices (low and high), that are interesting to hear. This develops your baby's auditory and language skills, and may also result in your baby's reaching and grasping for this silly creature with the silly voice.
Play Hide-And-Go-Seek
To build on your baby's growing understanding of object permanence, lie down on the floor with him and hide your face behind a pillow. Sing (to the tune of Where is Thumbkin?) "Where is Mommy? Where is Mommy?" Then come out from behind the pillow and finish by singing "Here I am, Here I am!" Singing enriches this activity as your baby hears words, tones, and sounds, which supports his language development.
It's Raining
Sing "It's Raining, It's Pouring" to your baby and at the end of the song, drop a handful or two of soft, colorful pompoms or cotton balls over her belly and chest. How does she like this game? If she shows you she is interested (i.e., widens her eyes or smiles), try it again. If she cries, wait until she's a little bigger and try again. Babies' preferences can change as they grow.
"Paint" The Itsy Bitsy Spider
As you sing Itsy Bitsy Spider to your baby, "paint" the song on your baby's body with a soft paintbrush. As the spider goes "up the waterspout", move the paintbrush up your baby's body. "Down comes the rain"--move the paintbrush down like raindrops. Make a big sun (circle) on your baby's belly for "out comes the sun". Use your imagination and try "painting" other songs. Activities like this enhance your baby's body awareness and help her learn through touch.
Be A Teeter Totter
Lay your baby over your shins, belly side down. Hold her securely by the hands. Gently move your legs up and down and say, "Up and Down, Teeter Totter." This game helps baby learn trust, which contributes to a healthy emotional development.
Moo. Oink. Baaa.
For your older baby, make your own farm as you line up your child's stuffed animals and make the right sound for each of them. While playing, sing, "Oh my baby had a farm, e-i-e-i-o, and on that farm, she had a…" Singing helps your baby learn new words. Your baby is also developing muscle strength and motor planning skills in this activity as she: listens to the animals snort, honk, and sputter; spots the one she wants to grab; moves toward that animal; and reaches for it
duno what he so happy about... and now he can really talk loud! must be inherited that from me.. haa 
