How to promote your baby's intellectual development and physical coordination

If babies find sounds interesting, dance with joy when seeing toys, enjoy looking at pictures and listening to stories, and enjoy running, jumping and throwing balls, they will grow and improve day by day. So how can we promote the intellectual development and physical coordination of babies?

The baby's cognition is an integration of all-round learning. If the child finds sounds interesting, dances with joy when seeing toys, enjoys looking at pictures and listening to stories, and enjoys running, jumping and throwing balls, the child will gradually grow and improve. The so-called "education through entertainment" means that games are the driving force for children to learn happily. Therefore, by playing and touching building blocks of various shapes, dolls of different textures, and toys with rich colors, the baby's brain reaction area will be enlarged.

At the same time, parents and caregivers should often give appropriate encouragement and immediate rewards, which will make children more confident, more willing to pursue excellence, increase their tolerance for frustration, and cultivate the courage to keep working hard and accept challenges.

Dr. Howard Gardner published the theory of multiple intelligences in 1983. He proposed that everyone has eight types of multiple intelligences, including: physical movement intelligence, visual spatial intelligence, musical intelligence, linguistic intelligence, mathematical logic intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, natural observation intelligence and self-awareness intelligence. These intelligences will be applied in different situations, and the more they are applied, the better they will develop. However, most people only perform well in one or two types of intelligence.

Parents and teachers should learn the skills of developing potential and help children fully develop through companionship, acceptance, affirmation and guidance. Because everyone's brain is plastic, the expression of intelligence is not limited to the scores shown in traditional intelligence tests (IQ). The most important thing is to return to the presentation of problem-solving ability in real life.

Children's motor development often follows the development of the nervous system and progresses step by step. From lifting their heads, sitting up, crawling, standing to walking, it seems so natural. However, graceful, light, agile and rhythmic movements still require sufficient motor learning and practice.

The floor is the best first playground for children. A safe, smooth, clean and warm floor allows children to practice various physical activities and coordination development, from crawling to climbing. Holding a child in a rocking chair and rocking to the beat of nursery rhymes, or hanging a child on your arm to rock him or her, will promote development.

Children can start learning various physical fitness and hand-eye coordination activities when they are just learning to walk. The younger the child, the easier it is for them to learn and the more they can regard learning as fun and playful. Developing a habit of loving sports can improve children's physical fitness, increase immunity, and cultivate concentration and creativity.