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For the parents out there, more and more research is revealing how influential the first few years of life are to a child's later intelligence. A few tidbits:
by Clanan 12y ago
For the parents out there, more and more research is revealing how influential the first few years of life are to a child's later intelligence. A few tidbits:
* Talk to them. Talk, talk. Narrate everything you do. (No, TV doesn't count). I'm simplifying, but the motto is: the more they hear/converse, the smarter they'll be.)
* Read to them. A lot. They don't need to understand the story.
* Play lots of different things in different places. (A child's brain lights up when they're outdoors.)
* Cut out TV and similar things (no TV before age 2, according to American Academy of Pediatrics).
I don't have citations offhand - these are from my person notes from reading relevant books.
- gingerlime 12y agoThanks for those tips. I have 10 month old son, and he's at this stage where you can see how he absorbs stuff. He understands what you say to him some times. for example, he just discovered clapping, and I can make him start clapping just by telling him to, without giving any other cues (normally there's a little clapping song that goes with it). I'm not trying to brag about my son though. I'm curious about the games we can play. Can you recommend a book/website with some ideas? hopefully some games that could be fun for both of us to play, or at least give more structure or feedback to me, so I get a sense of progress and keep motivated.
- dominotw 12y agoHow is this relevant to OP's question? Downvoted.
- peterkelly 12y agoAsk HN: Ways to increase mental sharpness or intelligence of your child? Is that better? The GP supplied some excellent advice regarding how you might help a child to improve these abilities when a person is in the optimal position for learning - which is in the first few years of their life.