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4-6 Years Old Cognitive Development

Cognitive development is how your child acquires knowledge about his surroundings. This involves his...

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Activities and Equipment To Help Promote His Cognitive Development

Toys/Equipment What he learns Intellectual Skills Developed
Puzzles...
  • Shape sorters
  • Tray puzzles
  • 3 piecs puzzles
  • 12 piece puzzles
Learns about shapes and space. He also learns to sort and match. As he grows older, trial and error learning will decrease as he starts to use reasoning skills to work out the position of pieces.
  • Classifying
  • Attention and concentration
Sorting objects...
  • Buttons
  • Plastic shapes
Develops his ability to sort, order and classify objects according to colour, shape or size.
  • Classifying
  • Attention and concentration
Sewing cards...
  • Threading beads
Helps him learn about patterns and colours.
  • Classifying
  • Attention and concentration
Kim’s game Objects are put on a tray and then one is removed. He has to work out which one is missing.
  • Memory
  • Attention and concentration
Construction toys...
  • Duplo
  • Lego
  • Wooden bricks
  • Popoids
He learns about space, shape and structures. He can also experience matching and sorting as well as being encouraged to think about size.
  • Classifying
  • Attention and concentration
Matching games...
  • Lotto
  • Pairs
  • Pelmanism
  • Snap
These type of games help him child sort and match. Pelmanism can help his memory as he works out where he's seen a matching card. Cards are put face down; he chooses a card and work out where the matching pair is.
  • Classifying
  • Memory
  • Attention and concentration
Feely bags These encourage him to use his senses to work out what object is in a bag.
  • Classifying
  • Attention and concentration
  • Memory

Your Role to Help Develop His Cognitive Development

To help develop your child’s intellect, you should...

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