For a baby, the world around is an amazing place, especially during the first two-three years. It presents new stimulus, it poses new challenges and it helps him/her learn new things every moment. This learning is not the conventional thing that you know of, but the knowledge of new things, ideas, concepts, and so on.
You ensure that your baby gets adequate nutrition for physical growth and development. Why should you forego the nutrition for the mental development of your little one? After all, brain nutrition is equally important for an individual. Presenting enough stimuli during the first few years is necessary for boosting early learning.
Utilizing different approaches to help your baby’s brain get adequate nourishment may work to his/her advantage.
Conventional reading is a great way to introduce your baby to books. Whatever the subject, the books must have big, bold letters and clear, simple pictures. Board books, cloth books, vinyl books, chewable books – stock up on whatever you can find. Your baby is sure to love these, as it means fun time with mom or dad.
Introducing baby flash cards when your little one is just 3-4 months of age is a good thing. Start with easy to relate to words, e.g. mom, dad, cat, dog, nose, ears, eyes, toes, and milk. Flashing the cards at least thrice every day would be able to help your baby memorize it. Show these in random order, or your baby is sure to memorize the sequence.
Involving multiple senses of your baby to focus on a certain thing is a good idea to boost learning as well. A computer-based program that engages the visual, auditory and tactile senses of your little one is a good choice. You may be able to get a DVD that offers the programs that could help.
Your baby loves to learn – from every stimulus you, or the surroundings present. However, make sure you are not an overzealous parent force-feeding your baby to be a genius. Every child has a definite pace at which he/she learns; and just as lack of stimulus is a bad thing, so is too much of it.