Baby educational games can stimulate your babies brain, creating interest and arousing curiosity for further development of their mind.

When your baby is born their eyesight is blurry. In the first two months of their life they can only focus on objects eight to ten inches in front of him, so the first colours your baby sees are black, white and red. Their favourite sight is you, and they love to hear your voice. Now you can sing to your hearts content, they will love it.

Interaction is your great fun learning game, seeing you, listening to you, giggling and laughing at you. But you cannot be your child’s only entertainment system, you will need some time out!

So lets look at some games that your baby will love. Here are Three Brain-Stimulating Activities for Your Baby recommended by museum tour

Peekaboo

What the research says: Peekaboo is a valuable lesson in object permanence. Each game builds and strengthens connections among brain cells that will remain basically in place for the rest of your child’s life. These connections are made easily in early stages, but form slower and with more difficulty later on.

OK, we all know how to play peekaboo. But in case you need instructions:

• Hold an interesting toy or puppet behind your back. Bring it out and say “Peekaboo!”
• Put it behind your back again.
• Keep this up (unless he grows bored) until baby begins to anticipate the puppet coming out in a certain place (e.g. by your right shoulder).

This time bring the puppet out in a different place this time (over your head, on your other side, over the baby’s head…) Is baby surprised? Delighted? Amazed?
Give the puppet to your baby and see if he will imitate you.

Beat of the Drum

What the research says: Learning cause and effect is an important stage of development. Learning that performing the same act with a different set of materials products different results is another one. Other skills developed: auditory skills, discerning tone, sense of rhythm.
Gather a collection of empty containers (oatmeal containers, ice cream tubs, tupperware or the like, coffee cans, plastic wrap stretched tightly over a plastic bowl) pots and pans, and various sized wooden spoons. Try to chose “drums” that will provide a wide range of tones. Let your baby bang away and amaze herself with her own power.

Explore the Senses

What the research says: Using her senses of sight and smell causes brain connections to form, especially if these experiences are consistent and predictable. By exposing your baby to a wide array of situations and sensations, you are expanding her awareness of herself, her surroundings, and her world.

Give her a front row seat. Carry your baby around the house. Take her on walks around the neighborhood. Both urban and rural environments can be fascinating to a baby. Point things out, and talk about them calmly and quietly. A dog running down the sidewalk, a horn honking, a cloud of steam, a basketball bouncing, the smell of bread baking, a summer breeze … things we experience with our senses daily are new, amazing, and important to baby’s development.

Baby educational games are fun, but one of the most important and simple things you can do with your baby is bond. Hold them, touch them (skin-to-skin contact is particularly important), cuddle them, talk to them, sing to them, rock them. You may think this goes without saying, but the research backs it up too! Infants and their parents are biologically hardwired to have close emotional bonds with each other. It’s a survival instinct. These bonds are formed in the first year, and as early as the first minutes, through eye contact, facial expressions, touch, and voice. Holding, comforting, and cuddling your baby helps her brain grow.

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