It is a well-known fact that a baby develops mentally in the first three years at the maximum growth rate, especially playing games. Some very common brain games for kids are, singing rhymes, dancing to music, playing with building blocks, etc. Not only do physical games help in shaping minds of kids, they also encourage kids to feel hungry often. Quality of food intake also plays a key role in kids’ brain development. Milk plays the key role in a kid’s diet, which can be made more acceptable to kids by using flavored supplements, like chocolate Horlicks, the most adored flavor of all time.
Coming to the 8 everyday activities that can be done to empower children’s brain are as mentioned below.
- Mirror Reflection of their own face: Looking at themselves in the mirror helps them in self recognition and identification. Also, the concept of a mirror is an attractive approach for their brain to process what they are looking at.
- Messing with their meals: Playing with food items helps a child understand various factors related to their touch, enabling them to have an experience with their sensations to soft, hard, rough, sticky, etc., which helps in strengthening neural pathways to the brain.
- Climbing on whatever they see: Trying to climb on various things, be it a table or a person, encourages them to explore their little world as much as they can and to keep exploring as time passes.
- Bubble Blowing: Bubbles are a creative way to attract their attention and engage their mind thinking about the concept behind, leaning them towards science and creativity.
- Finger Painting: Another creative way to encourage a child to explore more about their touch and develop their artistic mind through color mixing and painting random figures on a white sheet.
- Digging in Dirt: Playing in sand along with a magnifying glass can make a child think and grasp scientifically, growing their curiosity towards the natural world around them.
- Fort Building: It enables a child in analytical thinking to solve their mystery of building a fort using blankets or pillows, etc., enhancing their problem solving skills.
- Scribble: This is the most basic yet important activity to promote writing skills in a child. A variety of colors and plain sheets can attract them to improve their hand-brain-eye coordination.