It’s a proven fact that babies learn more, when they feel at home. Here’s how to make it a perfect learning experience.

First step: The nursery. The kitchen. The family room. Everywhere your baby turns during those important first years, there’s something new to discover and learn. Babies learn through everyday experiences. But most of all, they learn by having fun. All in the most perfect learning environment: home.

A-B-C class: Most of us learned our A-B-C’s by singing them. A ‘song and reception’ technique makes things easy to remember and hard to forget. This way from A-B-C to table manners a child can learn it all, at an early age.

Number crunching: Learning is easier in the context of your baby’s world. For instance, spread peas on your child’s plate and get him/her to count… techniques like this make number lessons easy to comprehend.

Shapes and colors: Sorting shapes and recognizing colors is learning at its most basic and fun. Stacking and un-stacking colorful objects teaches shapes, spatial relation. Babies learn colors best in context, too. Yellow isn’t just yellow, it’s a yellow cup or a yellow school bus.

First words: At first, babies learn to associate familiar sounds with familiar images, like hearing “Mama” whenever your baby sees your face. They also learn adjectives in context, like big dog or red apple. The concept of opposites too can be learnt easily, like up and down. 

Making friends: Playing together. Give and take. Taking turns. Please and thank you. These are all important parts of expressing emotions, developing friendships, sharing and realizing that learning is as important as loving.

So start today and make your home a perfect learning place.