7 Ways To Aid A Pre-Schooler's Development

However, many times a diet might not be enough. Adding Junior Horlicks to your child’s diet helps bridge these nutritional gaps and provides them with nutrients like Choline, Iron, Iodine, etc., which are known to support brain development, as well as calcium, Vitamin D, vitamin K & Protein which are known to support physical growth and development. It also contains nutrients such as Vit E, A, selenium & copper to support healthy immune function.

Ensure Regular Exercise

It is important that you encourage your child to exercise regularly. Not only will this help in strengthening their growing bones and muscles⁴, but it will also inculcate in them a healthy habit that will help them throughout their lives. Take them to a park or a play area, enroll them in a dance class, or have them simply run in your backyard.

Play With Your Child⁵

Games are a crucial part of a child’s development. Play involves creating a stimulating environment wherein your child will be encouraged to explore. It is a commonly used tool by both parents and teachers. Below are a few examples of games that you can play to help your child develop well:

• Organised team games
• Board games
• Stacking blocks
• Instructional games like ‘I spy’
• Jigsaw puzzles and riddles
• Games that make them match, compare, sort

Ensure Proper Hygiene⁶

Inculcating habits of washing hands before and after eating, brushing teeth twice a day, and keeping their play area or their room clean are some ways in which you can ensure that their health isn’t compromised and affected by germs and other harmful bacteria. Poor hygiene can result in diarrhea, skin diseases, weaker immunity, etc. Good hygiene practices boost your child’s immunity and keep them from falling ill.

Encourage Language Development⁷

This is the time when your child is learning how to pronounce words, construct meaningful sentences, learn complex words etc. You can encourage this development by making them read aloud, recite poems, pronounce a new word every day, and say ‘tongue-twisters’.

Spend Quality Time With Them⁸

Research shows that parents who spend quality time with their children either by just having a conversation or by playing with them, tend to raise better socially and emotionally developed individuals. Therefore, make sure to spend time with them and take an interest in their problems, activities, etc.

At this age, your child is dependent on you for his/her development and the efforts you take to ensure that he/she develops well, matter a lot. So, be more vigilant and informed, and watch your child develop well.