Raising Smart Toddlers

It is every parents dream to raise smart children so that in future they will be able to achieve success and contribute to the community. Often said that every child is born as a brand new white canvas and we as parents will color and mould them with correct attitudes and habits. I have did some research on how to raise a smart kid/toddlers and came across various tips:

a) Building a child's spirit by asking to try harder. Praising in each effort tend to make them work harder and build their confidence and they learn not to give up easily;

b) Reading to a child helps build vocabulary. The more new words a child hear the better the brain development. Exposing a child to various diversified word help them in reading, writing and spelling skills later on;

c) Guiding children according to their social emotional development cue. As parents we need to support our children to identify and help to express the emotional cues. For example when one of Reya's friend accidentally bumped on her and both fell down, we can say "ops it was an accident" to help them overcome negativity. Same goes when the child do some thing good like sharing on toys or wait for turns while playing patiently, give out lots of praises so that the child keep up with the good habit.

Some of their social emotional developments milestones are as follows:

** more information on social emotional development can be obtained from https://www.virtuallabschool.org/preschool/social-emotional/lesson-2 and http://www.cdc.gov/NCBDDD/actearly/pdf/checklists/All_Checklists.pdf

d) Encourage curiosity and continuous learning at home even your child is going to a preschool;

e) Giving some opportunity for the child to be independent (only for things that are tolerable) ex: choosing a dress, an activity during a play time or which story book to read during bedtime. Healthy independence will help them to build their decision making skills; and

f)  Sometimes unstructured activities is good for children. So now and than skip that routine and indulge in fun activities together with your child. This will create strong bonding and they are at their best when they feel valued and loved for who they are!

Thank you for reading and share with us on what your tips for raising smart toddlers.