9 Tips to Support Cognitive Growth in Early Childhood

Written by:  Aquib Nawab

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Read to your child every day with fun voices and gestures. Point to pictures, ask questions, and let them guess what happens next. This sparks imagination, builds vocabulary, and fosters a love for books.

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1. Read Stories Daily

Give puzzles, building blocks, or toys like clay. These help improve problem-solving, creativity, and fine motor skills. Hands-on activities also teach patience, focus, and how to solve tasks independently.

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2. Play with Hands

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Explore nature with walks, park visits, or playing in the garden. Let them notice trees, birds, and flowers. Being outside helps their curiosity, physical health, and understanding of the world around them.

3. Go Outside Daily

Spend daily quality time talking to your child. Ask them open-ended questions such as "So what do you think?" Listening and responding cultivates their thinking, communication, and emotional abilities.

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4. Talk and Listen

Turn on their favourite playlist and sing or dance. Clapping, stomping and tromping to the beat helps with memory, coordination, imagination, and create deeper attachment between you and your child.

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5. Dance and Sing

Set up an art corner with crayons, paints, and craft supplies. Encourage drawing, painting, or crafting freely. These activities develop creativity, problem-solving, and emotional expression through art.

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6. Draw and Create

Set a routine of play, eating, sleeping and studying throughout the day. Establishable habits create security, establish discipline, and offer a compromise between order and time to play and learn.

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7. Follow a Routine

8. Give Healthy Food

Offer brain-nourishing meals, such as fruits, vegetables, fish and nuts. These nutritious foods promote concentration, vigor, and overall brain growth in kids, which keeps them moving and alert during the day.

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Limit screen time to short, supervised sessions. Choose interactive, educational content, while encouraging more physical play, reading, and family bonding to support natural brain development and creativity.

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9. Reduce Screen Time

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