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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\"\"For those of us who\u2019ve tried to learn a new language or sport during our adulthood, Early Stimulation will quickly make a lot of sense. Sure, it\u2019s never too late to learn something new, but it will take a massive effort on your side to make that foreign accent completely disappear or for that tennis swing to look as effortless as a friend who learned to play early in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  • Early stimulation involves taking your baby’s play to a new level by adding thoughtful twists to everyday activities.<\/li>\n
  • Doing this helps lay the developmental foundations for countless skills throughout your child’s life.<\/li>\n
  • It is especially important during the first three years of life, when your child’s brain is developing at a more rapid rate than any other time.<\/li>\n
  • Our BabySparks program is a great source of information and ideas for stimulating your baby or toddler in easy, fun ways.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    Among other reasons, this is true for all of us because in the first years of life the brain is developing extremely rapidly and is also determining which connections to keep and which to eliminate. Repeated use makes connections stronger, while inactive connections become weaker or disappear. In other words, the brain will adapt to better handle any new skills and situations to which a baby is exposed.<\/p>\n

    This doesn’t mean that you need to enroll your little one in tennis, mandarin, piano, and math classes before he\u2019s even a year old. It means that if you believe the research behind early stimulation, there is plenty you can do to help him establish the foundations that will allow him to reach his full potential in whichever skills he chooses to pursue later in life.<\/p>\n

    If you, for example, stimulate his coordination and equilibrium, chances are it will help him with any sport he picks when he\u2019s older. Similarly, stimulating cognitive, social, and sensory aspects of his development early on will bring multiple benefits to other aspects of his life.<\/p>\n

    Simply put, early stimulation looks like playing with your baby, but it is smart play with a twist. For example, if during bath time you give a 1 year-old a kitchen strainer and start teaching him to fish his bath toys, not only will he start having a blast, but he will be honing his fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination. You didn’t even spend any additional time doing this; you would have bathed him anyway, but you got more out of it for him.<\/p>\n

    Babies get plenty of stimulation just by exploring their surroundings, so you\u2019re likely to see benefits just by investing limited amounts of time doing it, say 30-60 minutes throughout the day. Not only will early stimulation bring plenty of lifelong benefits to your child, it will also provide an opportunity for you to spend very high quality time with him during his first months of life.<\/p>\n

    If you\u2019re interested in learning more, there is plenty of literature, local baby gyms, and of course you can download BabySparks if you\u2019re interested in doing some of this yourself![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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