Scientific evidence shows that after 3 years, the child has the strongest need for new knowledge and information. Now pipsqueak ready to learn everything he absorbs knowledge like a sponge, stretches to the unknown and generally is an ideal breeding ground for the cultivation of certain abilities.
It is therefore better to start to introduce baby to the figures for the period from two to three years. However, you can do it before. As early as age children are able to understand that one and two are different things, though to the end to understand the quantitative status of objects they are not yet in force.
The score to 10 - the main task to be put to the parent of a young child. But the master just 10 digits can be difficult kid, so teach the crumbs first count to 5.
To do this, you can resort to the following methods, which are easy to implement at home. On the hand the five fingers - starting from this, get acquainted with the little kids' names "numbers. The card with the image of the object on them (one to five) - remember, the image numbers themselves until better not to show the kid. Educational cartoons and transmission - you can find them on the Internet. Scores and other educational toys. Poems and nursery rhymes. Account in everyday life.
Very good, if you Please attach your baby to the household affairs, teaching parallel account. For example, you can instruct the crumbs wash five cups. In this case, ask the child to consider: one cup, two cups. Or before going to the store, ask the kid to remember the five positions in the list of products. The child must remind you that you need to buy. It is possible to bend the fingers, so as not to lose count. This will allow, how to teach a child to count in your mind and take care of his memory development.
Will be useful lessons with cards. Such benefits are available in all bookstores and online stores for children. First shows the cards in sequence, and then alternate between - let child responsible as shown on the card objects (remember that writing numbers, we do not teach!) But try not to bother the kid with his "mathematics". Do everything gently and easily, in a playful way, the baby ahead of time did not feel a pupil in the classroom.
