A few weeks before the start of the second year of life, the kid makes parents happy with a lot of interesting abilities. He is already almost independent, familiar with "adult" food and even got his own preferences. Careful moms and dads can help crumb improve existing ones and gain new skills.
What can a child in 11 months?
At the specified age, the baby crawls perfectly, quickly moving to the desired place. The development of the child at 11 months of life involves attempts to walk, but they are still timid and clumsy. The first steps of a crumb do, holding on to a hand or a support, or using special toys. The kid is still difficult to follow the balance and balance, so he often falls.
What a healthy child should be able to do in 11 months:
- sit down and get up;
- generalize and specify objects (for example, choose only cars from toys and find among them red);
- imitate the sounds and speech;
- play the story games (cradle, feed the doll);
- fulfill requests - come here, take, give;
- drink from a cup ;
- gesticulate;
- say short words ("mom", "bye");
- climb up the hill and be able to descend;
- to hold a spoon, must grasp the porridge or mashed potatoes;
- build turrets from cubes;
- leaf through book pages;
- to distinguish parts of the body, to show them;
- communicate with other children and acquaintances.
What can you teach a child in 11 months?
The main task of parents is to support the baby and help him in improving his skills, choosing a comfortable form of training. Developmental classes for children of 11 months suggest improvement of already existing skills. Forcing the crumb to do something, if he is not ready for this, it is not necessary. Theoretically, there are many options, what to teach the child in 11 months, but it is important to deal with the baby, only if he is interested:
- stand without support ;
- walk;
- dance;
- clearly speak;
- increase vocabulary;
- sing along.
To the child of 11 months - how to teach to go?
Most kids of this age are trying to take independent steps. The list of what the child can do in 11 months is the use of walkers or special toys ("gurneys"), who are supporting this activity. If the parents are trying to teach the child to keep balance without help, one must train daily:
- Do gymnastics and massage, strengthening the muscular corset.
- Walking (the parent should hold the crumb by the hand).
- At home, sit at a distance of 1-1.5 meters from the baby and call to him, holding out his hands.
Self-walking is not a mandatory item among all that a child should be able to do in 11 months. If the baby is more comfortable to crawl, but it's hard to walk still, you can not force him. The crumb will go when it is physically and psychologically ready for it. Crawling is also a very important stage in development, which is responsible for the formation of normal posture and spatial thinking.
How to teach a child 11 months to speak?
4 weeks before the first birthday, the baby can communicate, but in a primitive language. His lexicon consists of the simplest short words - "give", "am", "buy", "yes" and others. Often the talk of crumbs is understandable only to close family members (autonomous speech). The development of fine motor skills in children of 11 months should improve this skill. Scientifically confirmed: the child's brain centers, responsible for the motor functions of the fingers and speech, are inextricably linked. If you constantly offer crumbs finger games and classes to improve fine motor skills, the child will speak faster and more legibly.
Other ways to increase speech activity:
- conversations with the baby;
- singing;
- reading fairy tales;
- listening to music.
How to teach a child 11 months to chew?
Closer to the year, children are already working well with grown teeth and gums, especially when the lure was started in a timely manner. If in the list of what the child knows at 11 months of life, there is no chewing, it is necessary to stimulate the development of this skill:
- Offer more dense food.
- Add small solid pieces to soups and mashed potatoes.
- Sometimes give a bite of an apple or a steering wheel.
- Treat with soft marmalade and marshmallow.
- Sit down to eat together, showing the baby the correct movements by example.
Chewing is not an obligatory item on the list, which a child should be able to do in 11 months, but this ability will not be superfluous. After a year, he will gradually move on to "adult" solid food and leave from my mother's breast. Proper chewing will help not only not to choke on food, but also promotes the proper formation of incisors, molars and jaws.
How to develop a child in 11 months?
The described age is characterized by the accelerated acquisition of new skills and knowledge about the world around us. There are many methods how to develop a child 11 months at home, but progressive pediatricians recommend not adhering to strict standards, but simply to observe the interests of the baby and support his aspirations and beginnings. Almost one-year-old man is distinguished by curiosity and ingenuity, so it is very easy to help him in development.
What toys are needed for a child in 11 months?
The most useful items for teaching children in this period are the means that contribute to improving fine motor skills. Developmental toys for children 11 months:
- sorters;
- cubes;
- pyramids;
- cups;
- mosaics;
- balls and balls;
- "Cut" vegetables and fruits (with Velcro);
- nesting dolls;
- plasticine.
In addition, it is necessary to have story toys for children of 11 months, with the help of which the baby must try on a role:
- set of tools;
- the doctor's kit;
- plastic kitchen utensils;
- a doll with a stroller and another.
Games with a child of 11 months
All the knowledge about the properties of surrounding objects and the behavior of living beings children receive during entertainment. Teachers recommend such educational games for children of 11 months:
- Show me where (nose, tail);
- as he says (doggie, kitty, ladybug);
- Give (ask for a specific object of a certain shape or color);
- feed the doll;
- put the toys in the box;
- roll the ball (teach to push in the right direction);
- that outside the window (show a cloud, sun, airplane);
- hide and seek.
For the purpose of developing speech and fine motor skills, well-known finger games for children of 11 months will suit:
- ladushki;
- goat-tree;
- forty-crow.
There is a game that simultaneously improves the flexibility of the hands and the clarity of the conversation:
- Connect the little fingers, saying: "There were two kittens, meow, meow, meow."
- Similarly, make with anonymous fingers: "And then two puppies, woof, woof, woof."
- Middle fingers together: "Two lambs met and a little bit rushed, b, b, ba".
- Pull the little fingers and index fingers: "Two cows came running, moo, moo, moo."
- Waving their palms: "Our fingers have become dexterous."