1. Development stages of infant intelligence
The development of infant intelligence is a gradual accumulation process. It has a foundation from birth, but it needs to go through different stages to gradually mature. These stages include: sensory and cognitive development, language and social development, motor and body coordination development, etc. At each stage, parents can use different methods to promote the development of their baby\’s intelligence.
2. Promote infant sensory and cognitive development
1. Vision: In the newborn period, vision is still in the early stages of development and can only clearly see objects within 20-30 cm away from itself. Therefore, parents can choose toys or pictures with high contrast and bright colors to attract their attention.
2. Hearing: Within a few months after birth, babies begin to become interested in sounds and can distinguish different tones and intonations. Therefore, parents can stimulate their hearing by singing or talking.
3. Touch: Newborns have a strong need for gentleness, warmth and close contact. Therefore, parents can meet their needs and promote their tactile development through touching, hugging and massaging.
3. Promote infant language and social development
1. Communicate with babies: Even when babies can’t speak, you can promote language and social development by communicating with them. Parents can respond to their babies by imitating their expressions, sounds or movements, and gradually guide them to learn to speak.
2. Reading: Reading is one of the important ways to promote language and social development. Parents can choose age-appropriate picture books or storybooks to read to their babies to help them build language skills.
3. Social interaction: As your baby grows, social interaction with other people is also very important. Parents can take their children to participate in parent-child activities, games or arrange to play with other children so that they can learn how to communicate and get along with others.
4. Promote infant movement and body coordination development
1. Body movements: Within a few months after birth, the baby starts to hold his head and gradually learns basic body movements such as turning over and crawling. Parents can provide babies with a safe environment and appropriate toys to help them practice body movements.
2. Eye-hand coordination: Eye-hand coordination is one of the important aspects of infant movement and body coordination development. Parents can provide babies with toys of different shapes, sizes, and textures to exercise their eye-hand coordination.
3. Diversified activities: In order to promote the physical development of babies, parents can try many different activities, such as swimming, dancing, mountain climbing, etc., to allow children to exercise in various environments.
To sum up, the development of infant intelligence requires accumulation and gradual maturity at different stages. Parents can help their children grow up healthily by promoting sensory and cognitive development, language and social development, and motor and physical coordination.
