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When To Start Teaching Your Baby (2)

With you or without you, your baby will belearn anything. To be effective and useful,
learning from the moment she is born andit needs to be done in a natural and relaxed
starts to take in her new surroundings. Everyway. Saffron is now 20 months, and for many
sight and sound will be a part of hermonths now she has been the one to decide
learning process; she will observe everythingwhat she wants to do at bedtime: a story,
you do and listen to every word you say. Andnursery rhymes, her new teaching cards.
as the months pass, she will eventually startRespect her choice, and you help her mature
to  copy.as a child; but let it be known it is her bed
time. If her demand is to get up and play
Fully conscious teaching, with books andagain, then you need to be firm, or you will
other articles of learning, will come muchstack up problems for later. You should be
later on; but of course, it is entirely up tothe boss, but she should be able to make a
you.With our baby daughter, Saffron, Ireasonable choice.Sometimes she will surprise
started reading her a bed time story at aboutyou. Saffron got bored with the bed time
six months old. She could not understandstories recently, and all she wanted for a
fully, but it gave her exposure to books, andfew nights was something to hold. For a few
the comfort of a bed time routine, with mybed times, she wanted a book to hold as she
voice and sounds, and the pictures in thelay down, despite the fact there was no
book. It did not matter that every evening itchance of reading it once the light was out.
was Goldilocks and the Three Bears, or one ofThen it was one of her dolls, and next back
the other old favourites in the book. Here into stories and nursery rhymes again.All
the Philippines there are not many books oflearning should be pressure free, and fun for
children's stories in the stores.Repetitionthe baby. If she wants to learn alone, let
does not matter, in fact it is part of theher. If she wants your help, help her.
comfort for the baby. That routine helped toTeaching your baby can be a wonderfully
ensure that she slept contented every night,rewarding experience. You will probably find
and has only woken once since. That wasshe will, in a way, teach you what she wants
recently when she seems to have had a badto learn about. If you stimulate her mind,
dream. A quick cuddle, and she was back toand she is observant, she will be pointing
sleep again.One thing to always bear in mindout things from a very young age. It is
is that your baby, whatever age, will knowimportant for you to participate with her. If
and understand far more than you think. Allshe points at the moon and gets excited,
the while, when she is not talking, she willexplain to her what it is; if she points to a
be picking up words and their meanings. Thosebird, do the same.Babies learn an enormous
words will eventually come out verbally, evenamount in a short time. By conversing with
if they don't sound quite right to beginthem in a normal way, they will understand
with.Personally, I think it is important tosimple instructions before you know it. But
speak to a baby in a normal, adult like waythey do make simple associations and follow
and never limit your speech to what you thinkthose instructions literally. At about 15
she knows. A bright child especially willmonths, Saffron often left a bit of her food
take in just about everything you say whenat meal times and I would finish it for her.
they are past 6 months, and remember itAfter this went on a few weeks, I remarked
longer than you would expect. One day theythat I was her garbage bin. A few weeks more
will surprise you, and follow yourpassed, and she had finished eating an apple
instruction over something you had no ideaone day, and offered her mum the core. Her
they could understand.From a very early age,mum said: "Put it in the garbage." Saffron
it is best to "explain while you talk whilewent toddling off, not to the garbage bin,
you do". If you are feeding her potato, tellbut to me. I was the garbage bin to her,
her it is potato; if you are preparing abecause that is what I had "taught" her a few
bottle of milk, tell her you are making herweeks earlier.That brought lots of laughs,
milk. Every time you do something in front ofbut when she was corrected the revised
her, it is an opportunity to teach her aboutknowledge stuck, and now in the same
what is happening around her. By doing so yousituation she wanders off to find the real
will speed her knowledge and understanding,garbage bin.Teaching your baby is a daily and
expose her more to language, and also help toongoing activity, but one that can just be
build your relationship with her. Bymelded in with your normal activities. It's a
conversing with her all the time, you arefun time for both of you, so enjoy it while
showing her respect as an individual, andyou can.This teaching baby article was
that will help her confidence and feeling ofwritten by Roy Thomsitt, owner author of the
belonging. If you treat her as dumb, she willBouncing New Baby website.
be dumb.There is no need to force a baby to



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