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How do I Encouraging learning and play with my 1-3month year old?.
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A babies learning within this
age range focuses very much around the senses and is know as sensory learning.
The senses are: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. Thus to encourage learning
and play in this age range you can try the following
- Sight: anything new will
stimulate your child. You can choose brightly coloured toys and toys with
human faces for your child to touch and follow.
You can also make different facial expressions for your baby to imitate.
- Hearing: just talking
to your baby as well as reading or singing will help encourage your Childs
learning. Your baby will hear noises all around them from their environment.
You can help speech development in your child by responding to your baby's
coos and gurgling with your own words.
- Touch: babies also learn
through touch, so different textures and shapes are good to introduce. Soft
toys are lovely to cuddle into and baby gyms are great to encourage your child
to reach for the shapes. Another tool for learning are soft baby books with
the different textured pages, you can read the story whilst your child feels
the different textures.
- Smell: Don’t forget
your child will be learning about their environment through the smells surrounding
them, good and bad.
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