Early intervention: When and how to promote the baby?
PEKiP, baby swimming, music garden – there are a variety of baby courses for early intervention. But how early should you start attending baby classes? Which courses should you take? And what are the benefits of early funding? Find out more about early intervention here.
Why attend baby courses for early intervention?
Some studies say that early support can increase your child’s educational opportunities. It is crucial that baby courses promote your child and support child development. The choice is huge. You can’t and shouldn’t do everything that’s offered to you in your area. One or the other course should also be exciting and encouraging for you and your child. Many parents develop a more intensive relationship with their children through baby courses and get to know them better. In addition, according to experts, your child will be supported creatively, physically and mentally in such courses and, especially if it has no siblings, has stronger contact with other children of the same age for the first time.
When to take the first baby course for early intervention?
Depending on the course, early intervention can begin shortly after birth. Each course has its own age restrictions. Baby massages, for example, can be done with your child at a very early age, whereas a music garden is only interesting for children who can actively participate. Find out in your city which courses are offered and what age guidelines there are.
Do not exaggerate early intervention!
There are many different offers from parent-child gymnastics to baby yoga and baby language courses. However, your child should not have a timetable like a high school student in the first year of life. Choose carefully what you and your partner like, limiting yourself to a few offers. If you attend too many courses, this can put you and your child in stress. You then lose the fun of the courses and the effect of additional courses is more negative than positive. So don’t plan all your time. Regular eating and sleeping times for your baby, for example, are more important than any course. In addition, your child needs the opportunity to process the experiences. This requires peace and time for yourself. Two courses are a good mediocrity. According to experts, however, you should not necessarily attend more than three baby courses.
Choose according to your interests
The courses you attend with your child should also coincide somewhat with your own interests or those of your partner. If you otherwise avoid swimming pools, you don’t have to force yourself to baby swim for the sake of your child. If you have a preference for music, then an early musical education would certainly be the right thing to do. If your husband finds baby massages totally stupid, but an activity program at the father-child course great – then you have the right choice. Maybe it’s also a weekly parent meeting (with children, of course) on the playground that appeals to you the most? Then choose what you enjoy. It can’t hurt your child and it also feels that you enjoy it.
Which courses are good for which age?
In our special you will find a selection of well-known courses with their contents. Here’s a list of which courses you can think about and from what age for your child:
- Baby massage:Â from the third week
- ElBa:from the fourth week
- PEKiP:from the fourth to the sixth week
- Music garden:Â from the sixth week
- Baby yoga:from the sixth week
- DELFI:from the sixth week
- FABLE:from the tenth week
- FenKid:from the third month
- Baby swimming:Â from the third month
- Pikler:from the fourth or fifth month
- Baby sign language:from six to nine months
- Toddler groups:from the first year of life