Cognitive Child Development …
The Stages Of Your Child's Intellectual Development

This page presents an overview of Cognitive child development... the development of intellectual abilities of your child from birth to six years.

Important Note: On this page, you may notice that we’ve used the term 'His'. We refer 'His' to be both male and female child. In short… the stages of development we talk about here apply to both male and female child ;o)

Cognitive development is the way in which your child manages his thinking, and talent to create sense of the world and what is occurring around him.

When your child is able to deal with difficulties, telling about it in advance are examples of skills associated with cognitive child development.

At Birth

Newborn babies are already energetically using all their senses to investigate their new surroundings. He is seeing new things, listening to new sounds and smelling new particular smell.

When not sleeping, he is attentive and already learning to deal successfully with a big area of new facts.

He...

• Starts to develop general ideas.
• Investigates using his senses and using his own action activity.
• Makes eye communication and cries to point out need.

Aiding His Cognitive Development

You can aid your baby's intellectual development through play. New born babies answer to things that they see, hear and feel.

Play might include the following...

Pulling Faces

Attempt by sticking out your tongue and opening your mouth wider so that he may copy you.

Displaying Objects

Try to display objects to him such as brightly coloured woolly pompoms, balloons, shiny objects and black and white patterns. Hold the object straight in front of his face and give him time to focus on it and gradually positioning it.

Increasing His Cognitive Development

• Make enough physical contact and maintain eye contact with him at all times.
• Exploit lively, different colours in furnishings around the home.
• Present him to unusual household noises.