my daughter is one year old.she could clap her hands n say good morning.she absorbs what im sayin but sometime is not listening wen i teach body parts.i taught manytimes to her but she is not touching the parts.wat shal i do?give some tips to teach her.
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Just play with her and she'll learn. If you really want to teach body parts, do it through songs. Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes, or Put Your Finger On... The K. Katz books, like Where is Baby's Belly Button will also help with body parts.
At one, you really don't need to do any formal teaching at all. She is constantly going to observe the world around her and absorb what she sees. If you force formal learning on her, she's going to probably reject it at this age.
Read lots of books, sing lots of songs, and just play.
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We used bath time as one way just to say the parts of her body. I am a talker, so I talked with her all of the time.." I am washing your feet, and each of your toes. I am washing your leg, now the other leg.. I like these knees, And now your thighs, now your bottom", etc.. each time in the same order.
Very quickly she knew the order, and I could ask her, where is your foot? And she would show me.. Wiggle your toes.. she would wiggle.
No need to actual have a teaching session.. all day long she is listening watching and learning.
If she has a baby doll, you could let her" bathe" it with a dry wash cloth her baby as you call out the parts.. see if she can put it together.
Uh, she's only 1, you have plenty of time for her to learn that stuff. Just enjoy her for the time being.
Why is everyone so bent on making their kids grow up so fast?!!!
She Is A Baby.
These kinds of things will only serve to dumb her down in the bigger picture. All you need to do is Love, Love, Love and ENJOY! Let her speak to you. Open to what she is teaching you. Sing to/with her and play and have lots of fun.
She will do whatever you do, that's the way it works.
Well, M., she's too young to listen to you teaching body parts. She's only one!
What you need to do is read about child development so that you know what you should be able to expect from her. Expecting more than she is capable of will just frustrate you both. What to Expect the First Year is one of the many to consider.
Age appropriate toys teach a great deal - manipulatives to help her fingers move and to teach spatial awareness, like very easy puzzles (wooden puzzles with animals and 4 or 5 pieces) with the knob that they grab onto in the middle of the puzzle pieces. Nesting toys, like boxes, are great. Sing songs to her. You can sing "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" to her (google it on youtube if you don't know the song). Read books to her every day - The Wheels on the Bus book is great, along with the song.
It's not important for her to learn academics right now - in fact, that's not appropriate. It's important for her to learn to walk and talk the first year. If you talk to her a lot, tell her things you want her to know, like "look at the truck! It's a big yellow truck! See the truck? Can you say truck?", and "would you like some water? Say "wah-wah" Yes, that's right! Wah-wah!"
Take her to a playground with little kids equipment so that she works on her large motor skills. That will help her too.
Dawn
She's too young to worry about it, like others have said! Repetition, real words, praise, talking, and have fun!
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she is a baby. she is not ready to learn this. keep repeating the bddy parts as you do things with her.. put on her socks.. say foot toes.. count her toes.. just part of the daily routine.. not a lesson.. when you put on her shirt.. tell her the color of the shirt... do it every day.. shapes and colors and body parts are taught casually as daily activities take place.
kids need things repeated many many times.. in preschool they do letters every day every single day.. but many kids come out of preschool and do not know their letters. It is normal.
She is so young. Don't worry.
You might read these links so you know how to care for your baby and when she can understand certain things.
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/baby/infant-development-9/...
http://www.parents.com/baby/development/growth/baby-first...
