Home Education of Your Young CHild

As a parent we are all concerned with exposing our youngsters to education as early as possible. Many toys are focused on education but without a parent playing and showing the child the value of the the toy. Furthermore, even without all the new pretty toys a parent can help their youngster build the building blocks of education.

We all know young children are like sponges, they are ready to soak up whatever knowledge we decide to impart. The hard part comes in knowing how to reach those receptors, so we can relate the important information to their young minds. Furthermore, we need to adjust the information to meet the growing demands of their young minds.

For Infants: (Age birth - 1.5 y/o)This is all about the Mom-Bond. Singing softly, sounding excited about everyday things - "Do you smell this pretty yellow flower?" The name of the game is letting your infant become familiar with words that are educational, letters, sounds, body parts, colors, numbers, etc. There is no test, we don't expect an infant to remember the words, but by exposing them to these words they become easier to remember when we try to impress the knowledge on them in their preschool years. Your baby is a sponge just soaking up the learning at this stage, you're just there to give the guidance they need. So, even though they can't understand story-lines and such yet, you can work on reading to them - exposing them to the curiosity of reading. Even young infants can be taught sign-language, as most learn to manipulate their fingers long before their tongues. I used Baby Signs with my boys. To this day they'll use the signs for more, food, drink, water, and such. This helps them realize things are assigned proper names and if you need something, squalling isn't necessarily going to get you what you want, whereas asking for it has a better chance.