Stimulating the senses

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EVERY person, animal, thing or experience that comes into yourbabys life offers him an opportunity to learn. Indeed, the worldis your babys classroom and you are his first and most importantteacher. Although your babys ability to learn is greatlyinfluenced by his inborn mental capability, proper stimulation ofhis senses will help him develop his potential.
Seeing is learning
Newborns can already see clearly within a foot (30.5cm) of theirfaces and they begin to learn about the people and things they see.Due to their immature retinas, newborns prefer bold and contrastingcolours, such as black and white instead of pastels, until they areabout nine months old. By the way, did you know that the beneficialfat DHA helps in babies visual development?
Babies also love geometric shapes like squares and triangles, withcircles being their favourite. So, use this knowledge whenselecting his playthings and when decorating his room.
A good homemade toy that will visually stimulate your baby andengage his mind is a rag book with pages made from cloth featuringblack-and-white stripes, polka dots, checks and bulls eyes. Asyour babys vision develops, he will enjoy watching moving thingslike fishes in an aquarium, mobiles, passing cars and kids playing.
Joyful sounds
Young babies like to hear happy and high-pitched voices. Theydislike monotonous sounds. That is why mothers talk to babies in anexaggerated tone and singsong manner. Stimulate your babys hearingby talking, singing, reading and even babbling to him. Your babyloves it when you imitate the sounds he makes.
Fill your babys days with nur