Develop Learning Skill in Your Baby Through Affectionate Care

What is learning? We can simply say, getting to know the environment or the world. When does a child starts to learn?: A child starts to learn just after its birth. For a formal learning like school learning, language is very important.  Language connects the teacher and the child. But at early stage your baby knows no language. It can't understand what others speak. It can't speak out what it thinks. But your baby learns through its five senses. Your baby does its learning  by exploring its environment. Its five senses help it to explore things. For example, if a five month old baby is given a toy, it will explore the toy touching it, smelling it, tasting it, hearing it and seeing it. When your baby grows its environment will also become broader. Then your child has so many things to learn and explore.
Independent learning is very important in early childhood. Babies and small children like to explore things, which they are interested in. You can't force your baby or small child to learn what you like. But you can encourage your baby's learning activities. To encourage your baby's learning activities, you should understand one thing: Small children explore their environment, only if they trust in their environment. If your baby is scared of the environment or if it thinks there is a danger in the environment, it will never explore it.
How to make your baby or small child trust in the environment. You can make your baby or small child trust in it through your affectionate care. There is no doubt. You love your baby so much. But you should show your love to your baby through affectionate care. As your baby is dependent, it needs your presence to meet its needs, while playing or exploring the environment. Your baby wants you to help it in its problems. Your baby likes to be observed while it is playing successfully. It likes to be admired by you for its success or achievement. And it likes to be comforted when it have fails in its play activities.
If you are there to help, observe, praise and comfort your baby while it is playing,  your baby will definitely trust in its environment. If your baby trusts in its environment it will automatically start its independent learning activities by exploring its environment.
Final note: Spend lots of time to be with your baby or small child to give affectionate care. The more time you spend with your baby, the more your baby will learn

Lack of sleep is a big problem that new parents face. Here are some tips to have enough sleep for new parents.

It is always happy to have a new baby for new young parents.  but having lack of sleep is a big problem, which new parents face.  Luckily there are some tips to help new parents to have enough sleep when the new baby comes.  Actually , with a new baby you will never get an over abundance sleep.  But I hope these tips will help you at least get enough sleep to keep sanity.
1.  Take turns:  When the newborn baby starts both parents wake up, though only one attends to the baby.  In the first couple of months both parents might get up each time the baby cries.  This may lead to lack of sleep for both parents.  The best idea is to make a plane of who will get up when the baby cries to comfort the baby.  Actually, taking turns is a good option and will help everyone get just a little more sleep.
2.  Have a nap with your baby:  This will give much needed sleep.  this nap time can be mornings, afternoons or early evenings.  You may feel an extra strength after your nap to care for your baby and do other house work.
3.  Get help from others:  These others can be your parents, siblings, friends or neighbors. Definitely, they may like to help you.  Just hand over your baby in their loving hands and have enough sleep till you feel satisfaction.
4.  Feed your baby before you sleep:  Most of the babies wake during the night because they are hungry.  So if you feed your baby late before you go to bed.  Your baby will sleep until early morning, if it is not hungry.  This will allow you to get some continuous sleep.
5. Change your baby's diaper before you go to sleep:  All babies wake during the night when their diaper is full and wet also.  If your baby is in a new dry diaper your baby will sleep continuously and let you have enough sleep.
6.  Arrange a babysitter:  If you are able to pay for a babysitter just arrange a babysitter for one or two hour once a day or once a week.  Have a nap when your baby is being cared by the babysitter.

Specially, new fathers must understand that a new mother should have enough sleep to regain her energy.  A sleepy mother can not care for her baby well.  Having enough sleep is a must.  so select a suitable method and have enough sleep.

How to Make the School Homework Interesting

Homework is very important for school children.  But children hate homework.  Here are some tips to make the school homework interesting


Why are children  given homework by their teachers?
Revision is very important for learning. Without revision, the aim of a lesson can't be achieved. That's why school children are given homework. Doing homework makes the children revise the lessons, which they learn at schools. By doing homework children do exercises on the particular lesson. Doing more and more exercise is always good for children. Through doing homework children find what they understand and what they don't understand. This lead them to get help. By getting help children understand the lesson more.
Why do school children hate homework?
Though homework is good and important for school children, most of the children hate them. Many children find school homework boring. There can be different reasons for this problem. Some children find the homework boring as they are too easy for them. Some children find the homework boring, as they are too difficult for them. Some children hate homework because, they need much time to play with their friends. Whether the children like it or not, they must do their homework. If we allow them to do their homework in some interesting ways, they will not find the homework too boring.
3 tips to make school homework interesting
1. Friends. There is no doubt, school children all over the world love to be with their friends. So allow your children to do the homework with their friends. Definitely they will find it interesting to do the homework with their friends. It is always better to have one or two friends together to do homework. Don't allow many friends to get together. If the number of friends increases, the homework will not be done perfectly. One can learn more while teaching to others. In a small study group your children may get a chance to te

How to Handle The Refusal to Eat

Feeding small children is a challenge to mothers because of their refusal.





Most of the mothers used to complain that their todllers often refuse food.  Feeding their toddlers nutrient meals is a big challenge for many mothers. There may be two reasons for the  refusal of toddlers.
1.  They refuse food when they are not hungry.
2.  They refuse food to assert their newly found independence.
The cause for refusal is not important here.  How to cope with this refusal is important here.
1.  Don't force them to eat.
2.  Don't give punishment for their refusal.
3.  Don't give less nutritious food or junk foods as substitute.
You should understand one thing: Children will never let them starve.  Hunger will definitely win the refusal.  So, Just ignore their refusal.
At the same time there are some ways to increase a toddlers hunger.  Before the meal time the toddler can be brought out for a walk  or the toddler can be let play with ball.  This sort of energy consuming activities definitely bring hunger in them.  But the mothers should note one thing  the children will not have enough meal when they are too tired.  so there should be a small resting time in between energy consuming play activity and meal time.
Summary:  Toddlers used to refuse meals.  They should not be forced to have meals and should not be punished for their refusals.  Just ignore their refusal is good.  Energy consuming activities may help to increase hunger in toddlers.  Toddlers will not have enough meals when they are too tired.

Climbing-Pysical and learning activity

Small children love to play in the garden.  They also love climbing the trees. Yes, this a good exercise for them.      Gross motor skills should be developed in children.  No doubt, climbing is a suitable exercise for gross motor(big muscles in the hands and legs) development.

Other than that children get chances to learn about their environment by activities like this.  Learning by exploring the environment is their nature.   The practical knowledge, which they get through these sort of activities, will definitely help them in the school learning.

As parents we should give opportunities for our children to play in the nature.  We should allow our children to enjoy the fresh air and sun shine.   At the same time we have the responsibility for their security.   Children should never be unattended.  They always need helping hands wen they are out.

Small children learn by their fingers

children's first week in their kindergarten

Bringing to the kindergarten is not at all easy for many parents.  As children are scared of new things they cry  to go the kindergarten.  I would like to suggest one article, which may help the parents to make the situation easy.  Click here to read the article.

Children learn from outside of the house

Freeartisticphoto: A perfect place to get pictures

By the growth of the technology, now a days  so many electronic toys are available for children.  They are not only expensive.  They are not so good for the children also.

Children used to be sit with them for long time.  They don't get enough exercise when sitting with them.  On the other side if the children are let out side of the house to play they gain so many things.  Look at this boy.  How he is happy with the dog.  He is able to enjoy the fresh air; he gets enough exercises; he gets knowledge about his environment; he develops pro-social behavior by dealing with animals.  Do you accept that here occurs a learning process.  Yes, this boy is learning through his environment.

Now, ask yourself.  Do you let your child outside of the house often.  Do you you feel playing outside of the house is much better than sitting with video games.

Library and It's Benefits

Having library habit is good for children.  This habit helps children to develop many skills in them.

In kindergarten or nursery school play is given more importance.  Picture books are being read by their teacher or parents for them.  But after entering the school, reading is given more importance.  Books are playing a big roll in their life.  So this is the proper time to introduce the local library to them.  In this period they get a talent to handle books.  There are many benefits in library habit.  They are:

1.  They learn to be quite in the library.  They learn how to behave in different situations.

2.  They learn to obey and respect (the library) rules.

3.  They get decision making skills by choosing books.

4.  They get self-esteem, when taking books from law selves with no help.

5.  They learn to handle properties carefully, which are not belong to them.

6.  They get reading skills, habit and knowledge.

7.  They get enough exercise for their legs if they walk to the library.

8.  Their attention is diverted from TV and video games, which are not good for children.

Don't force your children to have library habit.  Just let them visit the library with you.  If they like the library get a membership for them.  if they don't like try it another time.  If you have a library habit definitely your child will follow you.

How to make your baby to have a sound sleep at nights.

Normally new born babies get up many times at night. it is accepted and expected. But when the older babies are doing so, that can't be accepted. That can be frustrating to the mother. How many of you are facing this a problem? Don't worry. Here are some tips for you to make your baby to have a continues sleep. If our baby is not sleeping well at night you should think about it's day time activities.

1. Set a routine and follow it with the baby. Make the baby understand that day time is to play, have meals and to have bath. And the night is to sleep. follow the routine daily.

2. Don't let the baby to have long naps at day time.

3. The babies like to go to bed only when they are tired. So set activities for the baby, which can make it tired. Let your baby to move a lot at day time. If your baby crawls, let him crowl. If your baby walks, let him walk a lot. Bring the baby outside the house. Having different experiences may keep the baby active. When the baby is active in the day time it will easily get tired and go to bed sleepy.

Yes, nothing more to write. You can help your baby to have a good sleep at night by following these three tips.