She's too young

Many times parents say, "well she's too young to be read to" or "she's too young to undersand..."

She may not be able to articulate now but believe it or not she is storing the information until the day comes when she can articulate words to you.

Keep saying the colors as you stack logos. Keep saying her body parts as you give her a bath. Keep saying action words as she does motions such as, "you are going in. Your are climbing up etc."

In time she will say the words.

Remember, "The brain is like a circuit breaker it has many wires but in order for the box to function all the wires must be connected" -Daseta Gray

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Brain development

For those that have been keeping up with the latest research on brain development you must be so fascinated, I know I am. Once we know and understand how our baby's brain is wired we can then provide the experiences to held develop her social, emotional and cognitive skills.

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Social and emotional development

Before your baby turns three years old there are a number of social and emotional skills that they should have. Here are a few examples :
They should be able to interact with adults and seek help their help when they need it. At home you should  use  the phase , do you need help ? to your infant/toddler after  number of times she will understand . At 2yrs and 4 month she will be able to say to you "ma I need help" when she needs help.
Your infant/toddler ability to ask  for help will reduce frustration and build self-esteem and develop trust and self-confidence.

Pre -writing skills

It is very important that you give your infant/toddler  items that will help them to develop
them to develop their fine motor ,their eye muscles, their finger muscles and their wrist muscles.
You can  give them an empty laundry bottle with a few tops for them to twist on . This activity is also problem solving and a number of other skills. These activities also encourage persistence ,self-discipline  and self -confidence. You do not need to purchase everything in  order  give your infant/toddler the social, cognitive and emotional school readiness that they need.

Repetition

Infants/toddlers learn from doing the same thing over and over until they have mastered the skill. Building competence and confidence  and self esteem means that you should give young children the chance to develop those skills. You should be in tune with your infant /toddler this will help you to help her to the next stage. Once she has mastered doing a particular puzzle you need to introduce a more challenging one and give her some time to master it. When you first introduce the new puzzle you will complete the  with her a few times. She will not stop until she can complete it on her own. Infants/toddlers love to learn but the experiences must be age appropriate and time must be given in order for the infant/toddler to master a new skill.

observation

Ajani was playing with his stuffed animals  he had both of them in his hand . Ajani "please put your piano away" his mother asked. He walked over to the piano with the toys in his hand . Looked at the piano for a minute and decided that he had to put the toys down in order to pick up the piano.

Frontal lobe–

the part of the brain located behind the forehead that is involved in critical thinking, problem solving, planning, reasoning, and decision making.
Within that one minute he made  a number of decisions  using different areas of his brain. Your infant/toddler must be given the opportunity to have a variety of experiences in order to build the whole brain.

Enviornment

When you have an infant/toddler your are helping to develop their brain. Remember that they come with a clean slate and what you write on it is what they will know.  The experiences that they are exposed to is very critical in building a brain. Starting at home you should have a variety of toys ,writing items, music books and education videos for you infant /toddler. Your infant/toddler is developing language and hearing a different vocabulary from different mediums helps to develop the language centers of the brain.

Broca's area –

structure located in the frontal lobe of the brain that controls the production of spoken and written language. Giving your infant/toddler a rich vocabulary  will prepare them for reading.