Thinking About Thinking: Supporting your baby’s thinking skills
February 20, 2013,
- Children need many skills to grow up to be successful adults. Some of the most important skills that will serve all children well throughout life are thinking skills or the ability to use brain power to solve a problem in one’s environment. There are a lot of things that we can do at to encourage and develop these skills in our children, and we can start VERY early. Some ideas are offered in the Zero to Three Parenting Tips Library. The tip sheet is titled, Thinking Skills: What You Can Do to Encourage Your Baby’s Thinking Skills from 0-12 months offers ideas such as those listed below. For more detailed information about each suggestion check out the link to the full Tip Sheet brought to you by zerotothree.com.
- Offer objects to explore.
- Respond to her efforts to communicate.
- Delight in your child’s discoveries.
- Provide the help your child needs to solve problems
- Play disappearing and reappearing games.
- Encourage your child to explore objects and toys in different ways.
- Provide support for reaching goals.
- Model problem-solving.
- Take “touching” walks.
- Make the most of daily routines.
- Give your child some everyday “toys”.