FAQs on Early Learning Stuff-
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1) When did you introduce books fo K? I started at 6 months, honestly should have shown even before that, she took her own time and got fond of books after she was 13-14 months old and I didnot give up till then..
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2) What sort of books should we begin with? Honestly I dont know much about this but I feel touch and feel books with bright images are the best to begin with..
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3) What all toys or activities can be used for infants? Go for shape sorter, ring stacker, felt books.. All of these are bright, enhances their skills and by 9-10 months they will able to start putting them in correct manner if you keep trying?
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4) What should we introduce first?
I started with animals, they are easy and interesting to begin with.. Using flash cards, animal magnets and showing her around.. By 13 months she could easily recognize around 20 animals..
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5) How to pick the right toys? Make smart investments, go for multipurpose toys or wooden toys which can be used for long and in lots of ways, avoid buying light and sound toys, honestly they do no good!! Search for toys which would work as early educational tools too..
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6) When did you begin with her screentime? I started after 1.5 years, honestly It was because everyone watches at home, She got her personal screentime after 2.5..
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7) You think early education does play an important role? I genuinely feel that first 5 years are the most important to work on their strong mental development and early education is fun and like play time for them and not something that should be forced.. Search for creative ways of implementing it..
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Part 2 of FAQs on Early Education in next post;) You can drop a comment if you too have a ques..
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