My little girl is only 7 weeks old. What can we do to help her be smarter in the future?

Question

Should we read to her, play certain types of music, etc?

Answer 1

Read to her every night before bedtime.
One classic book that is still in print after 70 plus years is "goodnight Moon". It's language is very soothing and it's cadence is hypnotic fostering a sense of calm and sleepiness.
Read to infants even though they do not know the language.
Alice in Wonderlanf, etc. etc. is wonderful.
They are still learning. Even while thewy are asleep. Their prefrontal cortex (higher thought area of the brain), does not shut down as it does in older chiudren and adults. In other words they they hear, absorb, collate ideas, classify and think while they sleep. (this fact was reported in the science press in the lasr 6 months.
Buy many childrens books, and keep them near your child. These books can be bought for 10 cents on the dollar at yard
sales especially late in the day when sellers are ready to pack away .
Read, children will copy your behaviour. We discovered our 8 month old daughter holding a book pretending to read even though the book was upside down.
Answer children's questions, this transfers knowlege, and stops children from having to yell to get parent's attention.
Get reference texts and other books into your house and use them, and teach children to consult dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, (books of maps).(as well as Google)
Use adult language, speak slowly and define harder words to your daughter. Encourage her to ask for a word's meaning regulaly. Children learn about 60 new words a day,m using adult words will increase that number.
Playing various types of music is very helpful. Try, also, ethnic music like African percussion, Latin American dance music, exotic like Indonesian Gamelan. etc. Music listening probably enhances math skills.
Get out on walks. Explain the plants, animals rocks, and technological tings. (e.g. telephone wires, tash bins, traffic lights etc.
Afford your children as much time as you can spare. It pays huge dividends for life.

Answer 2

I would say she has just about no chance, saves the chance she was addopted. Why would you ask this question? Playing music is not going to make someone a genius, just like giving a homeless man five dollars is never going to be used to buy food. Intellegence is something genetic that can not be changed by external sources. Give her a good education. If she isn't smart after that, then by god, you have a dumb kid. I'm pretty sure Albert Einstein didn't come up with the theory of relativity because he listened to Beethoven as an infant. Just hope for your daughter's sake that stupidity isn't contagious.



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Answer 3

hi

anything is useful to help her be smarter in the future, as a matter of fact i have a 4 year old and a 7 year old (both girls) and my 4 year old knows her basic colors, numbers, how to write her name and how to use the dvd player to play her dora dvd's, so you see all that is because we cared to teach her how to do all those things, only thing is that they should be taugth in a very slow and easy way, make it fun like we did, play games with her, educational games, for example as we were teaching the 7 year old her numbers for kindergarden we printed on the computer the numbers 0-9 and taped them to the walls and we played "find the correct number" where they colected tv credits (in my house tv is earned by points the more points the more tv they can watch after homework is done) and we let the little 4 year old played along too!!! (she was 2 by the way back then) and guess what??? she nows her numbers 0 to 9!!!!, you see it's the time you spend with your little kid and the ways you make learning fun that makes her smart in the future, myself being a computer programmer used an old commodore 64 computer and programmed a nice little alphabet and nubers game, very colorful and filled with nice sounds they loved it!!!, so you see even old technology can be useful in your pursuit of smarter kids ! ;-)

carlos

Answer 4

Read to her everything in sight, books,the newspaper, a magazine the sound of your voice and the way you form your words as well as your tone matter most. all kinds of music, especially Classical. infant massage is a wonderful thing for your baby as well as you..

The stores are packed with developmental toys, but you'll do just as well with everyday objects. Pass a rattle or a bright plastic ladle horizontally in front of her. Then try moving it up and down. This should attract your baby's attention, though she probably won't be able to smoothly follow things vertically for another three months and diagonally for another six months.

You may notice short periods of time when your newborn is quiet and alert. This is prime time for learning: Your baby's brain will grow about 5 centimeters during her first three months!

Use these calm intervals to get better acquainted with your baby — talk to her, sing to her, describe the pictures on the walls. She may not be able to add to your conversation just yet, but she's learning nonetheless.

New textures for her hands to feel and new sights and sounds (all in moderation) are all learning opportunities. Even bath time becomes a laboratory for understanding life.

Answer 5

Research shows that playing soothing music in a low volume to infants helps them grow into better human beings. Also, even though a 7-week old infant cannot speak, it is advisable to speak endearingly to her as a child can listen alright and the intonation of the voice in her surroundings moulds a child's behaviour.

After your baby is eight months plus and learns to sit, get some baby storybooks with colorful big pictures and "show" the pictures while reading / telling the story / leafing through the book, to your baby in a "normal yet loving tone" i.e. no talking in lisping tone, which people usually do while talking to children - that helps a great deal !!

Answer 6

Even though this is a very young age, children begin developing rapidly. One of the best suggestions I can give you is to consistenly promote learning. This can be accomplished through teaching hand signals. A good friend of mine taught their baby how to use hand signals before they were able to talk. The baby could communicate words like "food, tired, unhappy" simply by using hand signals. I do not know the best way to teach a child how to use these signals, but I do know that there are many resources available. If your child learns how to commicate at a very young age, this will continue as she gets older. I'm also a firm believer in playing classical music at a young age. Classical music is soothing and stimulating. I listened to it all the time when I was working on homework in college. Good luck!!

Answer 7

Playing with her is the best way to stimulate her. There are so many educational toys on the market you should have no problem finding age-appropriate toys. Talk, sing, read to her. Love her unconditionally. Play with her when you dress, bathe, change her. Infants thrive on play time in any form. Make sure she gets plenty of tummy time. Hold and cuddle her. Children thrive on attention, especially from their parents.

I don't hold with children watching a lot of TV but there are some shows on the Disney channel that are worthwhile. My 19 month old grandson loves The Little Einsteins. It has music, language, song, dance, exercise, adventure. He's learned a lot of words and songs from there. It gets him up and moving as he imitates what the characters are doing.

Answer 8

Relax and enjoy her.

Reading to her is wonderful because it's fun, soothing and helps you bond.

Singing and talking to her are great too. Exposing her to music is fun and might help her learn to enjoy it - but don't set out to make her the world's smartest baby. That isn't fun for either of you. Enjoy being with her and developing your relationship.

If you haven't already seen it, watch the movie "Parenthood" with Steve Martin and Mary Steenbergen. It's light and funny and will give you a different perspective on trying to make your daughter smarter than her peers.

Enjoy every day. They aren't little for long enough.

Answer 9

I have a few ideas. Studies show that a baby listening to classical music while sleeping or playing has an affect on the sharpness and smart skills for the future. I definitly know that reading with your baby and to them(ex every night) will help them when it comes time to read on their own. Its also helpful to randomly point to an object and tell her what it is, or show her a color and tell her what it is. Once she starts to talk she can better respond. If your interested in having her be bilingual, it is very easy for a baby to learn a new language if they start at a very young age. For example, signlanguage. If you know it sign while you talk to her. She will pick up on it. If your not interested in that dont worry about it. Hope that helps.

Answer 10

An IQ is the standardized test to measure intelligence. IQ's don't change over a lifetime. So, you daughter will not "get smarter" as the years go by. You can, however, expose her to an "at home" academic environment by getting rid of the TV, and encouraging her to read books and stories for entertainment. Exposure to classical music has (in recent studies) not been proven to increase intelligence. However, travel, learning multiple languages (Latin and Greek as alternatives to Spanish, German, or Italian) and exposure to cross-cultural experiences will broaden her horizons and help her to make better choices in pursuing her educational goals.

Answer 11

short answer: the more attention you focus on her, the better off she'll be.

note: I didn't say "buy her stuff" - I meant, read, read, read, and then go play play play!

Provide her with plentiful reading material - not just grade level stuff, but let her read your National Geographics, encyclopedias, or anything with pictures.

Read to her: research has already shown that reading to her will get her to learn to read earlier and instill in her the interest in reading herself, which will advance her far beyond her grade reading level when she starts school. Reading is the foundation of all study, so naturally, she'll excel in school if she's an advanced reader.

Music fosters creativity, as does art; let her pick which interests her more.

Father of 2 teen age honors student daughters and former gifted student,
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