To promote the cognitive development of babies, you should train their already mature abilities in order for babies to reach the next stage of the cognitive development. Therefore, if you want to promote the cognitive development of babies, you need to know how intelligence develops in babies. Furthermore, it's necessary to know the already reached developmental level of a baby. Of course, that implies knowledge of their emotions, motor and perceptual abilities, experiences... Also,  in order to stimulate its learning motivation, even more, it is necessary to see what the baby shows interest in.  So, promoting cognitive development in babies must be in accordance with their developmental abilities and interests. In the following article, you will be able to read about the 8 ways on how to promote the cognitive development in babies that are in line with their general developmental characteristics and interests.

1. 8 Ways To Promote
The Cognitive Development Of Babies

2. training their already
mature abilities
in order to babies reach
the next stage of
the cognitive
development.
Promoting the cognitive development of
babies means

3. 1. The practical-situational conversation
Conversation to your
baby should be related
to the situation in
which you are!

4. 1. The practical-situational conversation
Example:
While bathing a baby, you should talk about what
soap is, water, soap foam…

5. 2. Imitative play
You should imitate movements and voices of
your baby in front of it. In that way, you will:
• prepare it for learning through imitation and
• promote its cognitive development.

6. 3. Repetition of already known actions
By exercising the actions for which a baby has
already matured, the baby can explore subjects
as well as its abilities.

7. 3. Repetition of already known actions
Example:
Exercising crawling, a baby learns that it can
go to many different items that aren’t near to
it by crawling.

8. 3. Repetition of already known actions
One more example:
If the baby has mastered the movements
of throwing, it will repeat that action on
different objects. Then, it will learn which
items jump from the surface, such as
balls, and which don’t.

9. 4. Exploring already known objects
On already known objects, a baby can try new
actions for which has matured.

10. 4. Exploring already known objects
Example:
Giving the ball to a baby for the first
time, the baby will only look at it.
When the baby overcomes the ability
to throw, by repeatedly giving the
ball, the baby will throw it away. Then
it will learn that the ball jumps out of
the surface.

11. 5. Exploring new objects
New objects serve a baby to try actions for which it
is already capable.

12. 6. Hidding Games
Babies have no awareness that objects and persons
which aren’t in their field of vision exist.
Adults can teach them that through hidding games.

13. 6. Hidding Games
• You should conceal various objects in front of your baby
and encourage it to find those objects
• You shouldn’t hide the resources of this game
completely at the beginning. You should hide them in
front of a baby so that some of their parts remain visible.
• When your baby becomes
able to discover a partially hidden
object, you should completely hide
the object

14. 6. HIDING GAMES
Example: Where am I?
Cover your face with a scarf and ask the baby “Where am
I?”. Don’t expect your baby to find you right away. First,
remove the scarf from your face and say, “I’m here!”.
When the baby realizes that an object or person exists
when they aren’t in the baby’s visual field, the baby will
pull the scarf from your face by itself.

15. 7. By means to achieve the goal
You should show your baby that
goals can be achieved with the help
of different means.

16. 7. By means to achieve the goal
Example:
At the reach of your baby’s hands,
place some twine whose dragging can
trigger some toys or can cause some
sounds. Of course, before the baby
learns to use the same itself, first show
them how to do that.

17. 8. Cause and effect
In order for a baby to discover
the connection between the
cause of some action and its
consequences, it’s necessary
to perform that specific action
in front of it.
• The first, you should perform
the actions, showing the baby
its effect.
• Later, the baby will do the
actions on their own and
gradually notice the
connection between causes
and consequences.

18. 8. Cause and effect
Example: Light on and off
Lift your baby to the light switch,
then turn light on and off.
Talk to the baby about that action
explaining to it that the light goes
on and off by pressing the switch.
The baby will learn that certain
actions lead to certain
consequences.

19. More tips on how to promote
the cognitive development of babies
• Joint activities with a baby should last as long as the
baby has interest in those.
• Provide a variety of objects for a baby. That doesn’t have
to be expensive toys. You can use for that purpose
ordinary objects, such as brooms, paper, soap, plastic
glasses and spoons…
• Gradually introduce new objects for a baby to explore
and in the presence of a familiar person. Otherwise,
there is a possibility that the baby will be scared of the
sudden new objects, new phenomena or new people.
• Don’t expect of your baby to overcome all mentioned
activities.

20. P.S.
If you want to read more about the promoting of
cognitive development of babies go on:
https://happychildren.life/8-ways-to-promote-the-
cognitive-development-of-babies/

21. The Children’s Happiness Guide
https://happychildren.life/
Thanks for attention!