Babies, Bodies & Brains: An In Depth Look At How Children Think…Right From Birth...
Did you know a child’s thinking skills start right from birth?
Wouldn’t you like to know how children think? How do children use their minds? We can read children’s minds by knowing what children think about, depending on the situation.
Early sensory experiences are the way babies think, so let your infant or young child “experience” everything. Don’t say “don’t,” say “try this instead.” Use substitutes and distractions as your only discipline, in addition to please and thank you. Why? Because they are words that direct an infant or toddler to give you the behavior you want. Here’s how babies think.
Babies think with one or more senses at a time.
Seeing and looking (Offer objects and people as objects)
Hearing and listening (Talk to babies)
Touching and handling (Change positions and cuddle)
Smelling and tasting (Change air, temperature, light, smells)
Babies look at objects very early in infancy and “study” them.
Size, texture, color, and light and dark
Big, bold, red, shiny toys
Toddlers and preschoolers think about relationships.
How many? (numbers)
How fast or slow? (movement)
How heavy or light? (weight)
What color?
What size? (similarities and differences)
How tall or short? (height)
What direction? (gravity)
Babies think about space, as their bodies ceaselessly are in motion. They use their bodies in spatial ways from birth so use these words with babies as you hold, carry, change, and care for them.
Before
Under
After
Over
Now
Here
Tomorrow
There
All children of all ages enjoy thinking about objects and what makes objects the same or different.
Colors are different and some are the same
Sizes are fun to sort – big and little
Shapes can be sorted according to form
Textures are fun to feel and they can be the same or different
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