{"id":10148,"date":"2017-12-06T07:36:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T12:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.oviahealth.com\/guide\/10148\/infant-education\/"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:29:50","slug":"infant-education","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.oviahealth.com\/guide\/10148\/infant-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Infant education: Baby genius"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media-body\">\n<p>Does putting a pair of headphones on your pregnant belly playing classical music produce a baby genius? Every parent wants their child to be at the top of the class, and it\u2019s never too early to start stimulating and interacting with your little one. Here are some ways to keep infants engaged once they&#8217;re born:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use auditory stimulation:<\/strong> Talk to <span class=\"pronoun-baby\" data-pronoun=\"baby\">Baby<\/span>, imitate <span class=\"pronoun-their\" data-pronoun=\"their\">their<\/span> sounds, and play music so <span class=\"pronoun-they\" data-pronoun=\"they\">they is<\/span> used to a wide range of noises.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Show colorful images:<\/strong> Infants are best able to see images in black and white as their retinas develop, so exposing them to brightly colored objects or images will begin training them to interpret intensities of different colors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Find toys with a variety of textures:<\/strong> Let your baby learn smooth vs. rough, soft vs. hard, and other contrasts by holding or touching different types of (safe) objects.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Encourage movement:<\/strong> It\u2019s easy to keep your infant in a playpen rather than following <span class=\"pronoun-them\" data-pronoun=\"them\">them<\/span>&nbsp;around the room, but crawling and walking as early as possible improves vision and balance. When <span class=\"pronoun-baby\" data-pronoun=\"baby\">Baby<\/span> is old enough, place <span class=\"pronoun-them\" data-pronoun=\"them\">them<\/span> on <span class=\"pronoun-their\" data-pronoun=\"their\">their<\/span> belly to prompt <span class=\"pronoun-them\" data-pronoun=\"them\">them<\/span>&nbsp;to move around.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>The bottom line<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The research is slim on precisely which techniques are the most effective for educating your little genius, so it doesn\u2019t hurt to experiment! Babies don\u2019t necessarily have a huge propensity for advanced mathematics or postmodern literary criticism at such a young age, so try to keep it simple.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h5>Read more<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/guide\/10359\/best-books-to-read-to-baby\">Best books to read to your baby<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/guide\/10085\/talking-to-your-baby\">Talking to your baby<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Sources<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Heather Haring, OTR\/L. &#8220;What\u2019s so important about crawling?&#8221; <em>MedCentral.<\/em> OhioHealth, 4\/1\/2009. Web.<\/li>\n<li>Jay L. Hoecker, M.D. &#8220;Is it OK to play Baby Einstein DVDs for my 6-month-old? Can this kind of programming promote a child&#8217;s development?&#8221; <em>Mayo Clinic.<\/em> Mayo Clinic, 4\/12\/2014. Web.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kids seem to start everything at an earlier and earlier age nowadays, education included. 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