I have a 14 month old little girl..
By darcmay
@darcmay (36)
United States
June 25, 2009 12:16pm CST
and I was wondering what kinds of things I should be doing to stimulate her brain. Shes very active, she walks and knows a small vocabulary already. I have friends with children but none are at her level yet, even if they are the same age. I'm just not sure what I should to to make sure shes growing and learning on par with what is expected.
3 responses
@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
25 Jun 09
The best thing i find is putting them in an environment where they can be taught and where they are around other kids. My son is in daycare and that helps him. If you can't afford daycare though you could try mommys day out programs. Those are only once or twice a week and are affordable. Reading books to her will be helpful for her language development. Ensuring she is eating healthy and playing alot to be active. Too much tv is not recommended but you could try some of those einstein dvds. My son hated them though. Also you could look for local playgroups which is both fun for you and your child. You may be over to find one on meetup.com. Thats mostly what i can think of right now.
@darcmay (36)
• United States
25 Jun 09
my Daughter loves watching the sprout channel, I try and make sure she watches only the educational and learning shows. Thats actually one reason shes being able to speak more. She sings their songs and knows some of the characters names. Thanks for the ideas about the playtime, I cant afford daycare because im a full time college student, but I will look into those play days. :D
@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
25 Jun 09
I dont really use sprout but that sounds good. My son likes noggin. It has all those learning shows on there as well. One with spanish and chinese. Music shows. Occasionally i let him watch other stuff like spongebob or cars. He sings along with dora the explorer and go diego go. Which is really cute.
@doormouse (4599)
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25 Jun 09
You could read books to her while she looks at the pictures,take her for a walk in the park and try to teach her the words of whatever you see,eg; swing,leaf,slide etc.Jigsaw puzzles are another good one
@darcmay (36)
• United States
25 Jun 09
she loves the park, we go there on weekends to feed the ducks. We are also trying to say words directly to her when it comes to something she is interested in. She has a habit of saying "this" to everything she doesnt know the word for (which is a lot of things) so once i know she is interested in it, by her saying "this" i tell her the word for it a few times, then she'll try to say it and smile, while i know shes not learning the word right away I think it makes her feel comfortable knowing that Im there when she wants to know.
@minckler104 (28)
• United States
1 Jul 09
I also have a 14 month old daughter. She is very intelligent for her age. I use the baby Einstein DVDs…Vtech Vsmile baby…I read to her multiple times every day.. and this may sound crazy but…, I also think that by me bringing her out around the community all the time.. Also helps her. She is very friendly, ALWAYS happy… At 13 months, I started asking her to bring my her diaper.. And she would go right over to where I keep them.. And bring the diaper to me…and she still does it to this day! How nice is that…:-P
My brother and his wife also have a little girl, around the same age as mine…and they have her on a “strict schedule“.. Such as naps, feedings, bath time, bed time… and I’ve noticed that because of having her on this strict schedule it seems that her “development” is a lot slower… she is a few months behind my daughter.. she is never around children…she is pretty much stuck inside the house all day because of this schedule. I would avoid doing that.. but thats my opinion.
