Kids like to explore the things around them. Their minds are developing problem-solving skills and languages to negotiate using their social skills. It is an advantage for them if they always practice their skills using brain boosting activities.
Between age three to five years old, the brain is developing its countless connections over its different regions as posted on WebMD. Make learning fun for your kids while developing their verbal and motor skills fast. Here are some games that would really contribute towards your child's brain development.
Play With Maze
To turn right or to turn left? Go back or continue? This kind of game exercises the visual motor skill of your child. Visual scanning will help your child in the future when reading. His fine motor skills will also be developing due to the fact that he needs to carefully draw a line between the maze paths without touching the outside lines.
Role Plays
This activity will develop your child's imagination. Let him choose the character he wants to portray and help him come up with his creative costume. Just be sure to supervise him when handling sharp objects such as scissors.
Board Games
Sticking with the rules is what your child will practice during this activity. He can also practice his planning skills and must surpass the test of patience of waiting for his turn. According to Super Baby, he may also develop his ability to detect patterns during the game.
Stack It Up
Raise Smart Kid suggests challenging your child's concentration and imagination. Ask him to pile up things such as blocks, coins, or small books, as high as he can. Learning to pay attention and focusing while completing a task is a skill that is important to other forms of learning.
Learn Languages
If your child could speak more than two languages aside from English, he is much likely to be good in grammar and spelling because he can understand language patterns. Since children are like sponges that absorb the facts given to them, this is the best time to teach them new languages because it will activate both their left and right brain. It is the best brain booster until age 5.
You can help your kids jump start his brain development by actively taking part in games and fun activities with them. Aside from guiding and witnessing their growth, these moments will also mark your kids' memory because they will always remember emotional components of their childhood life such as the love and belongingness they received from their parents.
