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Our daughter is learning and growing every day, as all babies do. I want to know if there's anything I can work on teaching her at this age. We are showing her baby signs for "milk", "mommy", "daddy", and "dog" (we have 2). Aside from sign language, what else can I work with her on at this age? |
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From personal experience, some things I tried to teach my baby included:
That's all I can think of for now. But as you said in your question, our baby is learning and growing each day. There is so much that we can teach our babies even at six months. +1 brings back sweet memories :) Really nice answer!
(10 Feb '10, 06:36)
Emi
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Good question. In issue #1 of the moms4mom newsletter there are some ideas for promoting attentive behaviors in your child, broken down by age: From 0 to 6 months:
From 6 to 18 months:
Those were from the book Bright from the Start, which I'm currently reading. It has many other ideas that would be related to your question. I recommend it. +1 nice answer :)
(09 Feb '10, 09:41)
Emi
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You can also be working with her on how to pet the dogs. Babies tend to grab at animals when they come into reach. So when one of your dogs is sitting or laying quietly, you can show your daughter how you stroke the dog, and then take her hand and let her try, with you guiding her hand. Good one! I've been working with my baby to be "gentle" with the kitties for months. At 8.5 months old he might finally be getting it! Except for the occasional tail pull.
(09 Feb '10, 13:51)
Anne
Oh, good reminder. We have been doing that also, and it seems to be going pretty well :)
(09 Feb '10, 23:06)
Fun2Dream
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I have discovered The Institutes for Achievement of Human Potential and its founder Glen Doman only when my son was 4 years old and I am sorry that only then. The Institutes are involved in research on how small children learn. They also have programs which facilitate learning and provide challenge to child's brain to ensure that the brain in each stage develops to its full potential. At the Institutes I have seen a demonstration. A mom with 6 months old child was introducing apple to her boy. What she did was she showed him apple and let him touch it, then she showed him a picture of an apple, next she showed him a word apple written in very large letters on a piece of cardboard. Finally, she gave him some apple sauce to taste. Each time she was repeating word apple to her child. As you see she engaged as many senses as possible. Starting with visual cortex when she showed him apple, picture of it and a word APPLE. She also engaged auditory cortex each time. She engaged his tactile sense by letting him touch the apple and his sense of taste when she gave him some apple sauce. If this sounds intriguing look up the institutes. Have fun on your journey of learning and teaching. Glen Doman says "Mothers are the best teachers" |
