Stimulating at its Finest
Learn how to stimulate your child's brain quicker!
Simplicity is Key
Experts highly suggest to give children an environment with positive interaction and talking. Doing healthy stuff that is good for your child every day will build the pathways between neurons. Giving the baby everyday experiences such as baths, singing, cuddling, etc. will help foster the development in children.
Experiences Need to Match Child's Mental Ability
To help develop babies brains, they should have many different toys. They need to be safe sized toys because babies learn about the world by putting stuff in their mouth. Flashcards or board games would be way too advanced for an infant. But gradually learning with toys showing color and shapes will teach them that most stuff is different in colors and shapes.
If you told babies about the outdoors and never took them outdoors, then the babies won't develop as well as they could with hands on activities. They smell, taste stuff to learn whats around them. Books help their imagination, learning different things about life, colors, etc. Also, doing stuff like reading will help them for later in life. Just like the taste of food. The more they eat green beans when they're younger, the more they'll enjoy them when their older. So the more they read when they're younger, the more likely they are to enjoy reading when their older.
Practice Makes Progress
As most of us know, practice does not make perfect, but it makes you better. The more repetition means the neurons connections will become stronger. So babies doing stuff repetitively will help them learn what they need to do in life. Whether it's their bathroom schedule, eating schedule, dressing in clothing times, etc. Have an everyday routine so the baby will learn when and what to expect. Or else they will become confused. Just like getting better at a sport, babies need to learn how to get dressed on their own so eventually they can be self sufficient.
Including
A lot of times parents get a babysitter when they are not needed. When you go to the zoo, a walk in the park, out to dinner, take the baby with you. (If they like the place) They will learn all kinds of scenery and places. Leaving them out will slow down their development. All though you still shouldn't overwhelm them. You should try to show as much nature as you can because babies learn a lot from nature and usually tend to enjoy nature.
Overwhelming
You wanna take your child to a variety of places, but too many will overwhelm them. They need some time to learn about where they are and what their doing. Taking them too many places will not help them to retain information. Like taking them to a zoo. If they go to a zoo and see all these different animals, they will be confused or scared as to why these furry creatures are moving. Or at a restaurant they could be wondering why people are putting something other than milk in their mouth. Especially louder places. babies have sensitive ears and it could hurt their ears. Like sports games.
Avoid Pushing
Look for clues as to if the child enjoys the place you are or not. If they do you can take them there more, if not you shouldn't pursue it. Children learn best when they are interested in what they are doing. You could take your child to the movies, race car driving, or a restaurant. But if they cry the whole time, you should stop because the baby doesn't like the place.
Citation
"Parents - Pregnancy, Birth, Babies, Parenting - Parents.com." Parents Magazine. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Nov. 2015.