Early education for babies over three months old

Many people think that babies over three months old are in the infant stage and do not know anything, so there is no need for early education. In fact, early education is very important for babies. Babies over three months old can already hear some surrounding sounds and will follow things to find objects. Appropriate early education can make the baby's intellectual development smarter.

Steps/Methods

◆Hit the ball

Change the hanging toy into a small ball with a bell. The mother holds the baby's hand and hits the ball. The ball will swing back and forth and make a sound, attracting the baby to keep hitting it. The baby cannot estimate the distance yet, and his hand movements are not flexible enough, so he often misses the ball. After he finally hits it, the ball moves away, and it becomes very difficult to hit it again. The swinging and ringing sound of the ball can attract your baby.

Change the position of the ball each time you play to avoid prolonged staring and eye contact. Put the ball away after playing to prevent staring. Practicing hitting a moving object can further develop hand-eye coordination and prepare your baby for catching a suspended toy at 4 to 5 months.

◆Push-ups with elbows

The baby lies prone with a movable mirror placed next to the baby's head. The baby likes to look at himself in the mirror and will try to prop up his upper body. When the mother helps the baby to put one elbow in the right position, the baby will actively put the other elbow in the right position to prop up the entire chest and expand the field of vision. The baby will also stretch out one arm to get the toy next to him. This also exercises the upper limbs of the neck and chest muscles, while expanding the field of vision, allowing the baby to see things that were invisible in the past.

The baby lies on his back, hang a large flower ball where the baby can see it, pull a rope, tie one end to the ball and the other end to the baby's wrist. When the mother holds the baby's left hand and shakes it, the bell on the big flower ball will ring. When the mother lets go and lets the baby play by himself, the baby will move his limbs and even shake his body to make the bell ring. After the baby discovers that the bell will ring when waving his left arm, the mother ties the wheel to the baby's other hand, and then ties it to the left and right ankles alternately.

This is a game that exercises sensory integration and selective concentration. From seeing and hearing to controlling the whole body's indiscriminate movement, the sensory integration process trains the brain to specifically direct the selection of limb activities, which is very useful for intelligence.

◆Sitting and hugging

The mother holds the baby in her left arm and lets the baby sit against her chest. The mother uses her right hand to take some toys and lets the baby play with them with both hands. Or the mother holds the baby and sits at the table, puts the toys on the table, lets the baby take or reach them with his hands, or pushes the inertia car on the table.

Through this game, babies can learn the sitting posture, laying the foundation for future practice of sitting up by holding hands. After the baby sits up, both hands can move at the same time, providing an opportunity for cooperation between the two hands.

◆Turn over 90 degrees

After the baby learns to lie on his side, he will also roll over from his side to his stomach or back. This rollover is almost unintentional and is determined by the shift of the body's center of gravity. Around 3 months old, the baby can turn over 90 degrees by himself, or change from lying on his back to lying on his side. Mothers can also use toys to tease and provide appropriate help to make the baby turn over.

Let the baby change the action of turning over from unintentional to intentional, and from being determined by the shift of the body's center of gravity to being an independent decision.

Mothers should talk to their babies frequently so that they can make vowels frequently. Babies aged two or three months like to say diphthongs, or stretch out a vowel. Mothers should use exaggerated mouth shapes when speaking to their babies, which will make the babies also make sounds to communicate with their mothers.

A baby's love of shouting since childhood is the beginning of good language development. The baby should be encouraged to speak. Parents can talk to the baby while taking care of him, which will arouse the baby's interest in talking with others. The baby will also make sounds to entertain himself or talk to toys when he is alone. The vocalization at this time is to prepare for learning to speak in the future.