Fun Start: An idea a week to maximize your baby’s potential from birth to age 5. June Oberlander R.
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Название: Fun Start: An idea a week to maximize your baby’s potential from birth to age 5
Автор: June Oberlander R.
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Секс и семейная психология
isbn: 9780007348572
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At another time, change the object that is to be placed inside the container. This will add interest and will assist the baby in learning the names of the different objects that are chosen to hide in the container. He will also discover that the different objects make different sounds when they are shaken in the container.
This activity develops
the sense of touch
eye-hand coordination
free exploration
skill in keeping the eye on a moving target
Show the baby a small ball and allow him to hold and feel it. Then place the ball in a zip-lock bag and fasten it securely. Use your finger and push the ball around inside the bag. Tell the baby that the ball is inside the bag and stress the word‘inside’.
Allow the baby to feel the ball and push it around. Encourage the baby to watch the ball as it moves around inside the bag. Show the baby how you can stop the ball with your hand, release it, and move the ball again. Encourage the baby to independently move the ball around inside the bag. This new experience will serve to entertain the baby briefly. However, this activity should be repeated at various times. Other objects can be placed inside the bag individually. The baby can push and explore the movement of each object that is placed inside the bag.
This activity develops
enhancement of the sense of touch
an awareness of a circle
skill in keeping the eye on a moving target
beginning independence and confidence
eye-hand coordination
Use a large round plastic container, a large flat cake tin or a similar container without a lid. Place the ball that was used in the week 32 activity in the container. Push the ball around the edge with your finger. Allow it to roll freely but keep it in motion. Encourage the baby to watch as the ball moves around. Does the baby watch or try to stop the ball? If so, you know that the baby is paying attention.
Stop the ball and place the baby’s hand on it. Help the baby get the ball in motion. Talk to the baby as both of you watch the ball move. Continue to keep the ball in motion and allow the baby to move the ball independently as much as possible with his hand.
At another time during the week, place the ball in the same container, tilt and move the container so that the ball moves around the edge of it in a circular motion as before. Repeat this activity several times so that the baby can watch the ball move. Help the baby hold the container and repeat the activity. Praise the baby for any positive response he makes.
If this activity is repeated often enough the baby will become aware of the restrictive movement of the ball in the boundary of a circle.
This activity develops
an awareness of size
more of an awareness of the circular shape
sense of touch
more of an awareness of left and right
independence
Obtain a set of unbreakable mixing bowls and a set of measuring cups. Place the mixing bowls in a row in clear view and reach of the baby. They should be arranged in a graduated order with the smallest one on the left. Place the smallest bowl inside the next one. Continue to nest the bowls until they are stacked according to size. Repeat this activity several times and encourage the baby to assist you. Use the words ‘large’and ‘small’as you stack and unstack the bowls. Continue doing this until the baby loses interest. Repeat this activity often and the baby will soon learn to do it independently.
At another time, use the set of unbreakable measuring cups and repeat this activity. In this way the baby will become aware of different sizes and the round shape of the objects. The child will discover this through seeing, feeling and doing.
Blowing Bubbles and Water Splash
This activity develops
skill in watching a moving object (bubble)
an awareness of the round shape of bubbles
awareness of wetness
listening for different sounds
enhancement of the sense of touch
You will need an empty cotton reel or a bubble pipe for this activity. In addition, buy a jar of bubble blowing solution or use soap or a liquid detergent solution. Wet the bottom of the cotton reel to blow bubbles for the baby. This can be done outside, inside or at the baby’s bath time. Whichever you choose, entertain the baby for a while by blowing and trying to catch the bubbles.
The bubbles are round and colourful, and the baby may watch and even try to catch and pop them. He will delight in watching them float and then disappear. When a bubble pops say,‘The bubble popped.’ Keep saying the word ‘popped’. The baby may repeat the word or make sounds in his attempt to say the word.You have probably noticed that the baby has been uttering sounds and can say some words. Repeating the sounds that the baby makes encourages him to practise.
At bath time, make a splashing sound with the water. Exaggerating the sound will tend to capture the baby’s attention and will encourage him to want to make the splashing sound. As you talk to the baby say ‘Splish, splash’or something similar. Babies enjoy interesting sounds and are more attentive when good voice inflection is used.
Wring out a wet face cloth and listen to the sound it makes. Use verbal sounds to imitate the sound that the water produces as it is squeezed from the cloth. Give the baby a small sponge and encourage him to listen for the water sounds. The unbreakable measuring cups used in the week 34 activity can also be used in the bath to make interesting sounds with the water.