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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language enrichment
association skills
confidence and independence
Obtain a mitten that is larger than the baby’s hand. (An oven mitt will do.) Also, find a large bedroom slipper and a hat that is easy to put on the baby’s head but is not too large.
Put the mitten or mitt on your hand and take it off. Encourage the baby to put the mitten or mitt on either one of his hands. (Do not be concerned about the thumb as long as the baby gets his hand inside.) Help the baby put the mitten on if necessary. Talk to the baby as you do this. Practise putting the mitten or mitt on and taking it off until the baby is confident in doing this.
Put the slipper on your foot and take it off. Then encourage the baby to try it on his foot. Allow him to choose either foot. Help him if necessary. Practise this as long as the baby is interested.
Place the hat on your head and encourage the baby to take it off your head. Does he put the hat on his head? If not, encourage him to do so. Repeat the process if he does not seem to understand. Do this until the baby gets the idea.
Place the mitten or mitt, slipper and hat in a row. Tell the baby to put the mitten or mitt on. Does he put it on his hand or just watch you. Show him how, if he does not understand.
Then tell the baby to put on the slipper. Can he do that independently? Assist him if he does not quite understand. Point to the hat and tell him to put the hat on. Does he put it on his head or just watch? Help him if necessary. Continue doing this activity at various times and allow the child to play with the items independently. Be sure to praise him whenever he makes a positive response.
This activity develops
listening skills
an awareness of the parts of the face
skill in associating different parts of the face
Cut a picture of a baby’s face from a magazine or draw a face and show it to the baby. Point to the left eye on the picture of the face and say,‘Eye’. Gently touch the baby’s left eye and then touch your left eye and say the word eye again. Follow the same procedure for the right eye, the nose, the mouth, the left and right ears and the hair. Repeat this activity several times or until the baby loses interest.
Throughout the week and whenever possible, stress the parts of the face. If the baby seems confused, spend several days on the eyes, then progress and spend several days each on the nose, mouth, ears and hair. When the baby is confident, encourage him to point to or touch a part of the face on command. Clap your hands and use good voice inflection to motivate the baby’s interest and give him confidence.
Point to pictures of faces in magazines and books whenever possible and allow the baby to point to the eyes, nose, mouth, ears and hair of each face. This will enable the baby to associate the facial parts in pictures, as well as those in real life.
This activity develops
an awareness of home sounds
skill in associating home sounds with the correct object
verbal stimulation to imitate the sounds of home objects
listening for a purpose
Stress one familiar home sound each day throughout the week. For example, you may choose the washing machine sound. Exaggerate the sound verbally, and encourage the baby to imitate the sound that you make. Listed below are some suggestions that you can use in making some home sounds. Many other sounds may be added to this list.
washing machine—‘swish, swish’
dryer—‘mmmmmm’
telephone—‘ring, ring, ring’
dishwasher—‘squish, squish’
vacuum cleaner—‘zzzzzz’
electric saw—‘brr, brr’
electric drill—‘drr, drr’
person walking—‘clip, clop’
door bell—‘ding, dong’
car—‘brm, brm’
This activity develops
an awareness of the concept ‘over’
eye-hand coordination
association skills
vocabulary enrichment
independence
confidence
Cut some cardboard into five pieces that are approximately 8 × 12 centimetres or assemble five plastic lids to use for this activity. Select five simple, colourful pictures of things such as a ball, a house, a bird, a baby and a dog. Glue the pictures to one side of each card or lid. Place them on a flat surface in a row with all of the pictures facing up. Begin on the left side and turn the first picture over. As you turn it over, say the word‘over’and tell the baby the name of the picture that is on the card or lid. Do the same for the other four pictures, keeping them in a row. Tell the baby that you have turned all of the pictures over. Then ask the baby to find the pictures. If the baby does not seem to understand, slowly turn the first picture on the left over and again say the word ‘over’. Tell the baby that you have turned the card or lid over to find the picture. Encourage the baby to turn the second card over. Stress the word‘over’and tell the baby the name of what is on that picture. Praise the baby for any positive response and encourage him to turn the others over to find the other pictures. Repeat this activity several times. Allow the baby to continue to do this activity alone, providing there is still some interest in it.
For additional interest, other pictures may be substituted for this activity. Choose simple, colourful pictures with little detail. Tell the baby the name of each picture before turning it over. Use only a few pictures at a time to avoid confusing the baby. This will help to increase the baby’s vocabulary, as well as teach him the spatial concept of ‘over’.
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