Children’s bodies are similar to the seed which is growing and developing throughout the time. The growing process includes the physical and mental development, for young individuals. Therefore, it is very important to pay closed attention to the education for young children from an early age. To achieve the great effectiveness, parents need to evaluate children’s health through monitoring their own development so that they can deal with different processes.
When observing the development of the child, it is necessary that we must look at the holistic improvement. It means that we are interested in all aspects of the process, not just a certain period. These areas may include physical, intellectual, social and emotional language.
In this article, we will talk about the important of development when children start to reach their ages. Besides, there will be some activities parents can consider to encourage which form the healthy living style for them .
In fact, parents just know the following behavior in the way of thinking and acting when their child comes to the new ages. But take a closer look, you can evaluate the improvement through different aspects happen during the daily life.
Cognitive Development
As your baby grows day by day, you’ll see a significant difference in how young children develop their thinking and figuring out the situation.
At this age, young individuals usually think and develop the ability to use the senses and experience the world around them.
Gradually, some parents also teach their kids to know about different types of furniture in the house. Besides, using the home appliances is one ideal method to boost the flexibility and capacity in using things.
Commonly, the kid tends to learn and discover the world around them through different methods; including comment on how to solve something or the operation of surrounding things. Every time they try to do something new, observations and experiences will soon be accumulated in their “experience storage”.
The sleeping time
Children at this age have different sleep modes; however, most of them can establish a sleep routine that best suits their body. During the sleeping time, young individuals often have deep sleep throughout the night and rarely wake up in the middle. Therefore, the hardest moment is considered as the time when parents try to persuade their child to go to bed.
- The common situation which often happens to parents is that the child will scream, cry and protest even when parents are tired. As a result, this makes parents confused and worried. So teaching the child to stay on bed at one particular period of time brings lots of benefits for both the parents and baby.
- On the other hand, there are other young kids will cry or wake up as soon as you get out of bed. In this situation, the mother can soothe their gently, give them a blanket or an adorable bear to keep them stay calm. You can also read stories to children as long as they feel comfortable and tend to fall asleep.
For children who have the habit of waking up too early, you can show your child how to read the numbers on the clock. It helps them know and remember the correct time for waking up. You can also leave plenty of cute toys, books feature with a colorful picture for the kids to play while waiting for their parents to wake up.
Interaction with other people
Learning how to interact with other people is one of the most difficult skills for young individuals. In fact, when the child starts learning to talk, they will know how to connect with people by using their mother tongue. As the time passes by, making more connections means that children will know how to react to different people.
- But for the beginning, this is important that parents make use of simple and short language so they can gradually increase usage and words.
- Besides, parents ought to remember responding and repeating the conversations when the child has not understood. For people who have not known, talking, reading and playing with your baby will help enhance the ability to speak and communicate gradually.
Participate in outdoor sports
In fact, both indoor and outdoor activities are important for the baby’s development, especially their health.
When your child goes to kindergarten (2-5 years old), they will have the chances to join many activities. In addition, they learn to play with the wheels, climbing and playing on the outdoor toys in the schoolyard.
However, there are recent studies show that the number of children participating in outdoor activities has decreased a lot due to the development of technology and other digital recreations.
When playing outside, children will discover themselves the surrounding environment. For example, there are lots of things they can put effort to create:
- Reorganize the playground for playing.
- Participate in the games played with available accessories (tent, home toys, toy cars)
- Hold events for small competitions which make use of useful stuff ( paperboard, stone, wood).
- Outdoor games stimulate and create opportunities for your child to develop more self-control. Besides the games, parents can encourage their child to play sports. For example, jogging, playing soccer with friends or practice riding with their own bicycle.
Overall, it is important to pay attention to various aspects during the child’s life. Through those periods, parents will find it easier to understand the emotional stage as well as know how to enhance their physique performance. Hopefully, those things above will help you have a broad knowledge in taking care of your child.