How to Develop a Baby's Intellect
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Can you offer any suggestions as to how I can develop my baby's intellect? I believe the goal of most parents is to have smart kids. Thanks. S.L.
Answer
It is amazing to see what eager students babies are. When my son was between 4 and 5 months old he had such a thirst for learning. I showed him all kinds of things including flash cards, books and pictures of everything I could find. He loved it. Many parents look to teach the ABC's without realizing that their babies can actually learn to read hundreds of words without even knowing the alphabet. You will have 80 flash cards coming that you can begin with and that is a great start. By showing babies whole words while they can easily absorb them and learn them, they are able to grasp the rules of phonics without being formally introduced. For example, by seeing words that start with the same letter, they will soon realize that the letter always makes a certain sound. This sets a fabulous foundation for reading. While teaching phonics is important, it is not always the best way to start with a baby. By showing them many words, they have an understanding of what the letters are doing and with very little and sometimes no phonics instruction, they intuit the rules of phonics and will take off and read anything and everything.
My son learned to read hundreds if not thousands of words before he was two years old and then learned the alphabet with not trouble. You can compare teaching them to read words before they can speak to talking to them before they can use these words themselves. We don't wait until they can talk to begin speaking to our children and we do not need to wait to teach them to read until they can understand all the rules. This period of time between birth and 6 years old is a magical time for your child. The more stimulation you provide for your child the more solid their foundation in future learning will be. There is nothing she cannot learn if you teach her in a fun and exciting way.
I would highly recommend the A Guide to Teaching Babies to Read DVD www.intellbaby.com/A_Guide_To_Teaching_Babies_To_Read.html as it is packed with information and ideas about how to stimulate your baby with language. I am sure it will spark many ideas of things you can do with your daughter.
The best advice is to follow her lead and her interests. If she likes flowers you can teach her to recognize and read the names of countless flowers, princesses, animals, objects or anything that intrigues her. You may also want to print out some free labels we have that you can place around the house and take her around a few times a day and point to the word as you show her the object. You can find those here www.monkisee.com/free_stuff.html. They are called My Home labels.
If you plan to allow your baby to watch any television make sure it is quality programming. There is much that she can learn through videos such as MonkiSee, Signing Time, Little Pim, etc.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
www.monkisee.com
Can you offer any suggestions as to how I can develop my baby's intellect? I believe the goal of most parents is to have smart kids. Thanks. S.L.
Answer
It is amazing to see what eager students babies are. When my son was between 4 and 5 months old he had such a thirst for learning. I showed him all kinds of things including flash cards, books and pictures of everything I could find. He loved it. Many parents look to teach the ABC's without realizing that their babies can actually learn to read hundreds of words without even knowing the alphabet. You will have 80 flash cards coming that you can begin with and that is a great start. By showing babies whole words while they can easily absorb them and learn them, they are able to grasp the rules of phonics without being formally introduced. For example, by seeing words that start with the same letter, they will soon realize that the letter always makes a certain sound. This sets a fabulous foundation for reading. While teaching phonics is important, it is not always the best way to start with a baby. By showing them many words, they have an understanding of what the letters are doing and with very little and sometimes no phonics instruction, they intuit the rules of phonics and will take off and read anything and everything.
My son learned to read hundreds if not thousands of words before he was two years old and then learned the alphabet with not trouble. You can compare teaching them to read words before they can speak to talking to them before they can use these words themselves. We don't wait until they can talk to begin speaking to our children and we do not need to wait to teach them to read until they can understand all the rules. This period of time between birth and 6 years old is a magical time for your child. The more stimulation you provide for your child the more solid their foundation in future learning will be. There is nothing she cannot learn if you teach her in a fun and exciting way.
I would highly recommend the A Guide to Teaching Babies to Read DVD www.intellbaby.com/A_Guide_To_Teaching_Babies_To_Read.html as it is packed with information and ideas about how to stimulate your baby with language. I am sure it will spark many ideas of things you can do with your daughter.
The best advice is to follow her lead and her interests. If she likes flowers you can teach her to recognize and read the names of countless flowers, princesses, animals, objects or anything that intrigues her. You may also want to print out some free labels we have that you can place around the house and take her around a few times a day and point to the word as you show her the object. You can find those here www.monkisee.com/free_stuff.html. They are called My Home labels.
If you plan to allow your baby to watch any television make sure it is quality programming. There is much that she can learn through videos such as MonkiSee, Signing Time, Little Pim, etc.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
www.monkisee.com
Posted by Krista G. at 1/26/2012 2:47 PM 
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