How old was your child when you started teaching them shapes and colors?
Our son is 11 Months Old and he is learning his shapes, he already knows star, circle and triangle. He can easily point out the shapes on paper, in books and on objects etc. We haven’t started colors yet though.
Dont have a child but found this interesting. I think is for most.
1.Month 1: Eliminate background sound so your baby is relaxed and can focus on your talking, singing, or other foreground activity.
2.Months 1 – 3: Focus on neural articulation, emphasize contrasts (light vs. dark colors, low vs. high pitch, rough vs. smooth textures). It is also important to note that if the fathers where actively involved in the first six months of the infants care, the infant scored higher on subsequent measures in intellectual and motor development.
3.Months 3 – 5: Focus on visual development by using pictures of real-world objects as a part of play activity.
4.Months 6 – 7: Emphasize cause and effect (let go of the cup, it falls to the ground), locations of various objects (“Where is dad? There he is!”), and the functions of these various object (“What does the ball do? Bounce! See?”)
5.Months 7 – 8: Emphasize sound as a signal of impending event (running water signals a bath, car in the driveway signals “Daddy’s back!”)
6.Months 9 – 12: Explore motor and sensory skills and how they combine (turn the faucet and feel the water). Twelve-month-olds can remember behaviors they have observed for 30 seconds for up to one week. By around 12 months of age, infants typically learn one of two new behaviors daily by observing people in their environment.
7.Months 13 – 18: Explore objects in the environment; this is the time to make the environment especially diverse and rich. Explore sequences and relationships (build towers of diverse shapes, make trains of different sizes, and so on). Hayne finds that 18-month olds can remember observed behaviors for up to one month.
Stasco, W. (1995). What Stimulation Your Baby Needs To Become Smart. Orcutt, Calif.: Great Beginnings Press.
Howard, Pierce. The Owner’s Manual For The Brain: Everyday Applications for Mind-Brain Research. 3. Austin, TX: Brad Press, 2006.
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