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Right brain development mini-games


Scientific studies have shown that the human right brain has 10,000 times more storage capacity than the left brain, and that the right brain has a million times more memory potential. But in real life, 95 percent of people only use 3 to 5 percent of their brain, and the rest lies in the subconscious right side of their brain. Professor Shichida, a famous Japanese educator, has found in a large number of experimental studies that the human brain completes 60% of its development before the age of 3 and 90% before the age of 6, while the right brain is extremely developed before the age of 3.

Young parents should know that the potential of the baby's right brain is gradually lost in the process of growth, and 0 to 6 years old is the golden age to develop the baby's right brain. If we timely adopt the correct education methods and flexible and diverse games to promote the development of the baby's right brain, then your baby will have super memory, creativity and imagination.

Here are 8 parent-child games that promote the development of the right brain of children aged 0 ~ 3:

Infants aged 0 ~ 3 years: initiation of right brain development

Game 1: kick the leg, stretch the waist

Play slow classical music, mom and dad to help the baby do body kinesthetic training: head and neck movement (front, back, left, right), arm exercise (front, back, left, right, extension and winding), leg exercise (take the sitting position to do the feet abduction, abduction, flexion, extension, winding) and other exercises. Mom and dad side exercises for the baby, while looking at the baby's eyes, read the password: one two three four, two two three four......

Tip: This game is suitable for 0-1 year old babies. Activity in the left side of the body is directed by the right brain, and activity in the right side is directed by the left brain. Therefore, mom and dad often help the baby to do sports, not only can improve the flexibility and coordination of the baby's body function, but also cultivate the concept of baby space, promote the development of the right brain.

Game 2: dance

How to play: In the background of classical music, mom and Dad lead the baby to dance, clap hands or do various movements they like according to the music rhythm. This game is suitable for babies of any age. For babies who cannot walk yet, the mother can hold the baby to dance or dance with his hands and feet to the rhythm. With the sound of a musical instrument, children over 2 years old can try to imitate the action of playing instrument. For example, when listening to the violin, imitate the way you play the violin . When listening to the piano, imitate the way you press the keys with your right and left hands. You can also let your baby dance to the rhythm of the music.

Hint: Classical music plays a great role in the development of baby's right brain. The baby can make many beautiful and harmonious movements with the accompaniment of beautiful music, which promotes the thinking of the right brain and activates the function of the right brain.

Game 3: What is it like ?

Gameplay: Let the baby face a wall without too much visual stimulation. Holding drawing CARDS or blocks, mom and Dad enter the vision of the baby's left eye from behind his left ear. Ask a baby: "what do you think this looks like?" Let him use his own rich imagination to answer the question. Note: Never ask "What is this?" Such questions are easy to get a single answer, imprisoning the child's imagination.  

Tip: This game is suitable for children between one and a half to three years old. Imagination training gives more stimulation to the right brain cells. As long as your baby is not bored, you can often play imaginative games with him/her. On a sunny day, parents can lie on the grass with their baby and observe the clouds in the sky, inspiring him to see the clouds in different shapes as animals, fairies, angels and so on. Don't underestimate your baby's curious inquisitive activities or silly "crazy thoughts", because these are the initial stages of creativity. 

Game 4: Find a friend

How to play: Open a few letter CARDS and have your baby pair two identical letter CARDS. If a baby mixes up two similar-looking letters, mom and Dad can correct the mistake and point out the difference visually. The letter B can be interpreted as a baby's ear, while the letter P can be interpreted as grandpa's walking stick.

Tip: This matchmaking game is suitable for babies about one and a half years old. As the baby gets older, matching games are gradually developed into "categorization games". For example: ask a baby about 2 years old to match a pair of pictures of the same animal in different positions; Ask 2 and a half years old baby to categorize the fruits, cookies and so on in the picture or in the real thing.

Game 5: Throw paper balls

Play: take a basket, vegetable basket or laundry basket, and then take some newspaper make a paper ball. Mom, dad and baby take turns to throw paper ball, each throw 10, see who throw into the basket the most ball.

Tip: This sports game is suitable for children over 2 years old. It requires the baby to control the movements of his or her hands and make judgments on the spatial distance, which are beneficial to the development of the baby's right brain.

Game 6: the magic carton

How to play: leave the used tissue box at home, put some toys, candy, fruit and so on inside, let the baby touch, ask him to say the name before taking out, or give him instructions, ask him to take out things according to the instructions. For older babies, you can give negative instructions. For example, "Please take out the things that are not edible", "Please take out the things that are not round", etc. To keep things interesting, you can also use rewards. For example: take the right candy , candy reward to the baby to eat. Take the wrong candy to the mother to eat, and so on.

Tip: This sensory training game is suitable for children over 2 years old. It is a game that uses touch and vision to make judgments and promotes the development of the right brain.

Game 7: Guess who I am?

How to play: Mom or dad in the bed to make different animal sounds, such as Wolf barking, dog barking, lion barking, etc., let the baby guess what animal is hidden in the bed. 

Tip: This game is suitable for children over 2 years old. This is a game of auditory judgment, which can also stimulate the baby's right brain function.

Game eight: rock, scissors, paper

Game eight: rock, scissors, paper