Looking for educational ideas for 1 yr. old daughter :)?

Question

I have one daughter who just turned 1. I want to give her the best educational advantage I can, even at this early age. (For instance, right now she's watching a "First Impressions" dvd and learning about shapes.) What should I be working with her on, exposing her to, and teaching her, even at this young age, to help set her up for her future to have the best educational success possible? Any thoughts/ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks! :)

Answer 1

try teaching her shapes, numbers.

Answer 2

The best thing that you can do is expose her to a variety of things and use lots of language.  Reading is a BIG one!!  Read all sorts of books, labels, etc. to her.  When you go someplace talk to her about what is going on around you.  For example, walking at the park-you can discuss the grass, sky, birds, dogs, people, etc.  Talk about how things feel, smell, look (colors), and  such.  Another thing you can do is create blocks for her to build with.  I made my daughter some from leftover boxes from the post office, you can order them online and they are free.  They measure about 7 inches square.  I took and put blocks of color on two sides, and labeled them the color.  On the other two sides I did numbers in the same color, 1-10.    They look really neat, and she can learn while building with them.  Another thing to do is the alphabet with them.  Just be creative, if you see something in a magazine think about how you could do it yourself.  Good Luck!!

Answer 3

The best way to teach is "Start it right".  Why not try the montessori method!  

Check out this site:  www.montessori-book.com

A great site to learn the Montessori Teaching Methods, for those who works with young children.

Answer 4

Go over the alphabet andwriting.

Answer 5

the others were great ideas also puzzles to learn spacial skills and/or matching. My young one has the wood puzzles the ones with handles are great. you can get them with numbers, letters and other things that you can teach her the names of. Remember free play is also great for children. Pay dough to learn about cause and effect. shape sorters are good. blocks. At the age a child should be able to build a tower with 4 blocks. It's an actual developmental stage used in screenings. Also draw a straight line on a piece of paper. ask you child to do it. Can she? If you want her to learn another language start incorporating words into your everyday speech. motor skills are just as important. get some safety scissors and let her try to cut. Let her climb. teach her to throw and catch and kick a ball.

Answer 6

Reading, I read to all my boys right from birth. Inflection in voice, and tone was really key in getting them to sit still and kept his attention. I wouldn't count on DVD's children like being involved. You can use flash cards and markers to draw letters of the alphabet, count Cherrios, I mean everything is a lesson, When you put on her shoes and socks, make sure you say things like, "okay give mommy your left foot." As you are putting her sock on her left foot.  I mean lessons are in everyday things.

Answer 7

"young610" is spot on.

Read lots of books, narrate things that you do, encourage her to start using words/signs for what she wants, label colors, number, shapes, and letters. And expose her to music - sing to her, dance with her, do "fingerplays" (rhymes with movements) with her, etc.

Answer 8

-you need to stay close to your child as she plays.This gives her the opportunity to explore things for herself,but also means you can show her different ways of playing whit a toy as well;

-'talk about activities she is involved whit;

-let your child choose books,''read''to your child ,talking about pictures.

-use pointing to identify objects that you are talking about;

-play interactive ,turn-taking games;

-use simple stories;

Answer 9

You can read to her books of different genres, you can play counting games with her using blocks or candy, maybe even take her out to museums so she can learn to explore.  This is also good because you get to make memories with your daughter while teaching her the fundamentals for living.  Also allow her to color, give her some crayons and paper so she could learn to express her self from an early age.  If you wish to, you could frame some of those art works of you daughter and place them in various locations around your home.

Answer 10

Read a lot!

Even when they are little, do little "crafts" with them that exposes them to lots of textures. You will do a lot at first, but you can show them "put this piece here" and such. As they start to more on their own, they take pride in the work they do. It is so cool to see them run to the parents to show them what they did!

I like this site

www.first-school.ws

Answer 11

Read Read Read,  Children this age also really like to sing.  I am not a fan of t.v. but have you seen the baby Einstein DVDs ?  they really are good and the children do learn from them.  I wouldn't watch them everyday but if you watched one a couple times a week.  It has been shown that they do stimulate children's cognitive development.  Use lots of language with your daughter too.

Answer 12

- Sign language videos and practice at home is great education for pre-verbal children

- Reading (all things, nursery rhymes are great because they are easy to learn)

- Singing songs (easy for them to learn even at an early age)

- Exposure to flashcards with colors, shapes, numbers, letters

- Creative games.  This is probably the best one.  Young toddlers learn through experience.  

- Another experiential activity is taking her on walks and to places in the community (museums, zoo, etc..).

Answer 13

PBS station is great to watch at this age.

Get her coloring books with the dot to dot and trace ABC's