Simple Games to Promote Early Brain Development

What Brain Research Says: Researchers now confirm that how you interact with your baby and the experiences you provide have an impact on his emotional development and learning abilities.

• Find several pictures of a baby and hide them in different places.
• Chose places that are familiar to your baby—in the toy box, on the ceiling above the changing place, or under a plate on the highchair.
• Say, «Let’s go find the baby.»
• Ask different questions: «Is it in the sink?» «Is it on the chair?»
• Finally ask the question, «Is it in the toy box (or other place)?»
• When your baby finds the picture, praise him and clap your hands.
• You can play this game with pictures of family members and friends.