Discover what your child learns when you take him to the park! Getting muddy, scraping, falling, running on the grass … are experiences with a lot of pedagogical value for your child.
What characteristics does the park have to be so valuable? According to experts in child stimulation, it is a medium with new difficulties that the child has to face. The floor is not so stable, space is wider, you will have to keep your balance better and you will discover things that are not within your reach at homes, such as stones or mud. It is worth it for your development to take your child to the park!
You just have to watch them – battered in the sand, bending over and over, chasing the pigeons – to realize how much they enjoy themselves. Although the advantages are not limited to the playful aspect; It is an ideal place for the child to take essential steps towards psychomotor, maturation, social evolution and knowledge of their environment.
This is what you learn:
- You can now move to satisfy your extreme curiosity. Because it is a space to run, jump, climb, descend … your baby will feel free to move around. Typically, children begin to walk between 10 and 14 months and with it, they need to know the environment. Climb a step, fall and stand up on your own, keep your balance by stepping on uneven ground; with nothing he will become more skillful at walking.
- His ability to manipulate things with his hands and fingers is enriched. Taking objects in a more complex way helps you to be more skillful. By holding onto a swing, grabbing rocks, or touching the sand, you try to focus your strength for the first time on your hands.
- The park also offers you fundamental benefits in terms of your social evolution. If he does not go to kindergarten, for the first time he meets children who are not from his family environment; you will have to learn to be with them. Until now, the love and interest offered by those who were by his side was free, he did not have to make an effort to get it. Just keep in mind that some little ones develop faster than others and not all are so daring; this depends a lot on your temperament. Do not force your child to play with the other children, rather wait for him to do it by himself.
- Sand is the first great non-compact material they find. The importance of sand games is that the child cannot hold it or hold it with his hands. By manipulating it, moving hands and fingers, it develops the ability to hold and press. It is an excellent exercise to achieve independence. You need to experiment with a texture that you do not know and are attracted to. Little by little we will be able to see in amazement how every day he is more expert in his games. Experimentation with new objects, materials and textures favors their maturation.