Seven Steps Making Little Smarter

Since its inception, the sensory kids were like sponges. Trying to understand the world through five senses: sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste. The quality of this experience will be increasingly in effect along the baby’s brain development. However, some parents argued that the toys are expensive and complicated will foster optimal infant brain. In fact, the interaction of simple, consistent, but asked her to think will help the senses and mind.

Joshua Sparrow, MD, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and author of Touchpoints-Birth to Three, recommends that parents help their children explore the world through the senses. Rather than buy an expensive little toy but it only works one direction only for the kid, with whom he traveled about the world with simple acts such as the following:

1. Walking With Children
For most women, walking is a fun way to soothe the baby and easy way to back into shape after childbirth. In addition, apparently on foot can also help your child to use his senses. For example, if you stop to smell the roses at the curb, baby You’ll not only understand that the flowers have a fragrance, but can also touch the petals (prickly caution), see the beautiful colors, and hear your explanation.

2. Spruce-shirt
Tidy clothes for adults may become tedious, contrary to the children, it will be a fun activity. For example, you and your child is being raised and folded clothes from the clothesline. You can ask your toddler, “fragrant towel, huh? Or, you pajamas clothes smell good, yes? Or, feel soft, yes, clothes Mama?”

3. Morning Routines Means
Fed food or help the child to wear clothes are activities that use all five senses of the child. You can add a conversation while doing this daily ritual. You can ask what color socks today, if he says he wants to drink apple juice or milk today, ask why. Or, ask different sense of the cloth he was wearing today. The comments that came when he was eating, wearing clothes, shopping, driving, and other routine matters that are part of everyday life is a good way to encourage your child use their five senses. It will also develop the ability to speak and make interpersonal attachment.

4. Acting
Indeed, when the child was growing up, we need not try to do actions to act in front of him every time. You no longer have to play ci luk ba all the time like when she was a few months. However, you can try to make the kind of parent-child musical theater. The idea is to focus on activities pertaining to relationships with others as a source of stimulation. Your voice can be a highly entertaining for your baby than the sound of robotic cars. Plus, in terms of visuals, acting you can make them very interested. Think of yourself as a very good toy, you could become a puppet funny, calm, fast, noisy, noiseless, and others, according to the response from the child’s face and body.

5. TV? its OK
Is a natural thing when parents need time to take care of himself or anything else. You need not feel guilty if you give the child time to watch television for half an hour a day. Provided that within a reasonable time and can be tolerated, no problem for your child to watch television. However, it should be remembered, that the longer he sat in front of the television, the longer he was detained for not interacting with another human being, you, and the world of reality.

6. Only slowly
Every child has the speed of development is different. Every kid is unique. Provided he is not allowed to grow their own, children can flourish. For each sensory and motor development of kids, do not hurry. Keep in mind also, that every child has unique characteristics. Not to mention there is also possibility of resistance in children. Initial symptoms that your child has a problem such as; difficulties to follow moving objects with her eyes when she entered the age of four months, refusing to be held, or a less rapid response when there are tight or call your voice. For cases like this, try to consult your pediatrician immediately.

7. Never Too Much
When trying to help children to explore their environment, whether it’s with a walk, talk, or through a particular toy, you want to try to give enough, do not be excessive. In order to avoid a overstimultion baby, try to focus on the interaction of natural and simple toys, like blocks of wood, said the founder of Explorations Early Learning, LLC, Jeff Johnson. “Frankly, I think, most kid’s room was decorated with lots of toys, colors, and excessive stimulation so that the child will be difficult to choose a toy that wanted to focus on,” he added.

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FINGERPRINTING THAT’s EASY AND EDUCATE FOR KIDS

You’ve probably heard about the “fingerprint” (fingerprint) or about “fingerpainting” (drawing with a finger as a brush). But have you ever heard of “fingerprinting”?

Fingerprinting is a way to create images on paper using colored prints. From the fingerprints left on paper, you simply make small details to clarify the picture. Fingerpainting fingerprinting, which is different from painting activities with the fingers in direct contact with paint paint.

In general, everyone has fingerprints. Fingerprint of each finger is different, let alone other people the finger. They are already making a unique fingerprinting. Is Christina Hong, author of Fingerfun: A Guide to fingerprinting Art explains, “With the fingerprinting, my picture and your picture Will Be Different. My picture wil bear my fingerprint, and so does yours. So personalisasinya very strong.”

Not only in the form of fingerprints, but, if observed, in the fifth finger, even different shapes. There are large, some medium, some small, its size variety. Christina looks simple to realize this idea since the 2000s, before he had children. He started from the stamp office, trying to create images of the fingerprint is formed. It was not until about five years ago, many children’s toys stamp out and colors. The idea was expanded until he taught his children, and creating the book.

Some time ago, Christina was a day-to-day living in Singapore, had visited Indonesia and held classes in the Scholastic Grand Indonesia fingerprinting. There, he told Female Compass, “fingerprinting was very easy and less intimidating. Simply this, attach a fingertip on a special pad ink fingerprinting, and then stick a finger at the paper, seen the results of a round. If the little finger and more sloping areas affected by the ink, you will get an oval shape, like a fingerprint stamp. Then if we use the edge of the finger, pull down, will be formed Raindrop shape. Easy, eh? Well, from the shapes, just add lines to clarify the picture. ”

According to Christina, fingerprinting is different from conventional drawing with pencil or pen. “For example, for the drawing of birds alone, we have to play a pen to create an oval head or body, then add a small line of detail, and coloring. Maybe for adults who have a lot of practice, it was easy, but for the kids, it’s not easy . Now, if the fingerprint, all people in general have a finger to do it, and earlier forms can be realized easily, plus the color is right out. Just add small details to make the picture more clearly, “explains Christina.

“This is not the work that needs high creativity. Please note that I am not an artist. It is easy for anyone to try this, because it does not need high creativity. We can try it yourself and go wild with your Imagination,” he explained.

If the note, in addition to easy to invite children to play fingerprinting, there are other advantages gained, among others;
* It is easy and can be tried by anyone.
* Helps children develop fine motor.
* Helping children understand about the wet, slippery, and the level of concentration.
* Helping children to develop creativity and exploration of form and color.
* Invite children to pour out what’s on his mind.
* Children will learn to be independent and confident.

The trick was not too difficult, you can use a dye that is safe for children, and began to dip the tip of the finger and stick it on paper. Or, more simply, you can use the book as well as paint fingerprinting output Faber Castell Art book, already available in major book stores, such as Scholastic.

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KIDS GIRL COST MORE EXPENSIVE THAN KID BOYS…?

Perhaps due to clothing or dance lessons are expensive. However, a study shows, raising a daughter is more expensive than boys.

Researchers found that on average parents spend more £ 2126 or about USD 28 million per year for clothing, shoes, gifts, activities and sports clubs for his little girl. Figures for the total of British researchers, which are around £ 28 439 or approximately USD 373 million at the age of 5-18 years.

However, boys will also cost around £ 1999 or around Rp 26.5 million, or approximately USD 345.9 million over 13 years.

“Everyone understands raising children is very expensive. But it is interesting to see the results of the study that revealed girls spend more costs,” said Ed Bowsher, a financial consultant on site who do research lovemoney.com.

“I believe very generally, if a girl loves clothes and fashion. Unfortunately, it’s not a good time if you’re just starting a family, especially if your family has a lot of girls,” he said.

Ed added, when the daughter reaches young adulthood, most parents will pay the cost of driving lessons and bought his first car.

A study of more than three thousand parents was revealed, the largest cost incurred is for hobby activities and sports clubs.

Every year, parents of boys to pay membership fees or lessons start at £ 556-7223 or approximately USD 7.39 million to $ 93, 13 million for childhood. Meanwhile, women of child-per-year costs an average of £ 603 to 7.846, or approximately USD $ 8 to 105.12 million.

On average, boys get an allowance of £ 2061 or about 27.65 million between the ages of 4-18 years, while girls received more than £ 2162 or USD 28.96 million.

In addition, girls clothing costs during childhood is more than £ 2029 or about USD 27.18 million compared to boys, for which cost an average of 1.891 pound, or about USD 25 million.

Parents also typically spend more money for school uniforms and sports equipment, and accessories such as hats and bags.

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INTRODUCING BOOKS, FILMS AND THE SONG ON-AGE CHILDREN

Parents should introduce character education since the children aged 1-5 years, through books, movies, and songs, according to the age of the child. Parents also need to be more active in introducing Indonesian culture in children with interesting and exciting ways.

In this way it will be easier for

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