Course name

Raising a smart baby

——Development and cultivation of cognitive ability of infants aged 0-3 years old

Class hours

2

Teaching objectives

1. Help parents initially understand the basic rules of cognitive development of infants and young children aged 0-3.

2. Make parents aware of the importance of cognitive development of infants and young children, and pay attention to the cultivation of cognitive abilities during the parenting process.

3. Introduce some simple games and strategies suitable for families to develop the cognitive abilities of infants and young children.

Teaching focus

Basic knowledge and training strategies for cognitive ability development

Teaching ideas

Use simple language to help parents initially understand Basic rules of cognitive development of infants and young children aged 0-3 years old. Make parents aware of the importance of cognitive development of infants and young children during the interaction process, and pay attention to the cultivation of cognitive abilities during the parenting process. Introducing some simple games and strategies suitable for families, so that parents can consciously develop the cognitive abilities of infants and young children in daily life, laying the foundation for the lifelong development of infants and young children.

Teaching session

1. Interactive greetings.

2. Enrich parents’ understanding of cognitive rules through on-site quizzes.

1. What are the cognitive abilities? Basic components of cognition.

(Perception, memory, attention, thinking, imagination)

3. Games and strategies to cultivate baby’s cognitive ability

Part 1: Cultivate baby’s perception Ability

Small test 1: About vision

(1). Training of perceptual ability 1: Visual games

1. Warm and beautiful baby room layout.

(1) Pictures: Pictures or arrangements with bright colors and large color blocks.

(2) Utensils: Tie some floating bright balloons next to the baby's crib.

2. Noisy, brightly colored plastic toys, inflatable toys, etc.

3. Use bright pictures, etc., to allow parents to do some simple communication with their babies.

(2) Perceptual ability training 2: auditory games

1. Play music regularly according to work and rest.

(1) Infant and toddler period: getting up, eating, and sleeping.

(2) After 1 year old: music with a bright rhythm.

2. Music that parents hum.

3. In conjunction with music, use bells and other small instruments to make sounds.

(3) Perceptual ability training 3: Taste game

1. Taste game.

(1) Taste liquid food with different flavors and tell your baby the corresponding taste.

(2) Guess the food on the plate.

2. Small games on the dining table: "Various Set Meal"

The colorful, nutritious and delicious set meal made with special tableware can stimulate the baby's interest in eating and develop Taste.

(4) Perceptual ability training 4: Tactile games

1. Various uses of homemade touch pads.

(1) Tactile feelings of different materials.

(2) Try to use your hands to develop your sense of touch and small muscle groups.

2. Mini game: "Mysterious Pocket"

Put different objects in small pockets and let the baby feel and guess the objects in the bag through touch.

3. Parent-child touch gymnastics: Passive exercises suitable for infants.

Part 2: Cultivating baby’s memory

(1) What is memory

(2) Training of memory ability:

1 . Game: "What's Missing"

(1) Cultivate children's memory.

(2) Feel the joy of parent-child games.

(3) Recommendation: Choose game items that are familiar to your baby, from small to large quantities, suitable for your baby’s age.

2. Story: Parent-child reading and asking simple interactive questions.

3. Daily training: help mom get things.

Part 3: Cultivating baby’s thinking ability

(1) What is thinking

(2) Training of thinking ability:

1. Game: "What's Missing"

(1) Cultivate children's memory.

(2) Feel the joy of parent-child games.

2. Suggestions:

(1) Choose game items that are familiar to your baby and have guiding names.

(2) The number of items should be from small to large, suitable for the age of the baby.

Part 4: Cultivating baby’s imagination

(1) What is imagination of infants and young children

(2) Training of imagination ability:

1. Decoration: Baby’s “graffiti wall”.

2. Game: "Riddle".

3. Drawing: Use your baby’s drawings to tell stories.

4. Conclusion

Smart babies are our hope! Persistence and careful nurturing - I wish every baby is smart and healthy!

Teaching resources

Hangzhou Zhaohui Kindergarten small class teachers, environment, teaching materials; Internet pictures