Brain Stimulating Your Babies



Posted: Sunday, August 06, 2006

by Elfin Loh
My Smart Baby

Attention Parents-to-Be

This is the best time ever to be giving birth to babies. It will be an exciting journey for parents to witness the incredible abilities of how babies are actually learning. There has always being debates going on about whether a child's potential to learn depends on his nature (ie genes from both parents) or nurture (ie the opportunities given) when come to educating children.

If you are like myself, where both my parents were not given opportunity to be educated when they were young. They came from poor peasant family in a communist country. When I was growing up, I did not have the priviledge of asking my parents things that I do not know about in class because they could not understand my questions nor my inadequacy to master the subjects. I had to be very very self-motivated to read and find out.

Now that I am a parent, I am having such a wonderful time witnessing how much my young daughter is actually learning. From one and a half years old, I have given her many opportunities to learn many topics in life. By this time, she already knew her colours and shapes very well. She was able to match shapes easily and independently. She also knew her numbers and alphabets and is a very cheerful and happy girl, alert and responsive to people around her.

By 2 years old, she already knew about solar systems, different species of dogs, cats, bears and all kinds of not so common animals, plants. And could sing lots of nursery rhymes, could pray independently for a few sentences before her meals and milk time.

By 3 years old, she knew various body systems, structures of mouth, nose, teeth, where all the body organs are, different national flags and countries and continents. Being exposed to 6 different languages, learnt about music theory, composers and their works, painters and their paintings, scientists and inventors. This list is not ending as I am constantly searching for new things for her to learn.

I am thoroughly enjoying my parenthood. Having said that, this does not mean my daughter is so sweet and nice that she does not need discipline. She has her fair moment of crankiness and crying and disobedience. Both my husband and myself are united in setting our boundaries and method to discipline her. Thus she knows very well what she is not allowed.

Elfin Loh

www.mysmartbaby.com.sg

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