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Importance of Functional Play in a Child's Growth and Development
Have you seen your toddler play for hours with a simple cardboard box? Or have fun with pots and pans or a piece of paper? Small children tend to play for a long time with the most commonplace items, throwing them around or banging them. As adults, we would wonder what on earth is so fascinating about the object that the child is so immersed in his play. This play stage, which is called functional play, starts during infancy and continues till the age of 2.
What is Functional Play?
A repetitive action which a child finds fun is called ‘functional play’. Experts describe the functional play as the ‘first play’ of a small child who uses something to entertain himself. This can include opening and closing things, throwing things, stacking blocks and knocking them down, pushing a toy here and there and banging objects together. Even though these activities are repetitive, it is a way for the child to know more about their world and the properties of physical objects they handle. This can prepare them to develop more complex skills going ahead and help them hone their gross and fine motor skills with practice. The functional play age of children can last from babyhood into toddlerhood.
How Does Functional Play Benefit Your Child?
Children love to play with simple items like blocks or empty pots and pans. Although they enjoy the sensory stimulation provided by these items, the benefits of playtime go far beyond sensory stimulation. It helps the child build his fine and gross motor skills along with his pre-literacy and thinking skills. For example, the below functional play activities can benefit your child in the following ways:
1. Arranging Cars in a Line by Colour
Although a simple activity, this can help the child identify and classify objects according to certain physical characteristics like shape and colour.
2. Arranging Interlocking Blocks in Position
When children snap interlocking blocks together without making anything in particular, the activity still builds a hand to eye coordination. This is what helps them identify what position the blocks can be snapped together according to their shape.
3. Throwing Something at the Wall and Watching it Bounce Back
This activity may result in a lot of noise and the danger of the object hitting someone else, but it will help your child learn the concept of cause and effect. Newton’s Third Law of Motion – For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Functional play is an essential element of a child’s cognitive development. So it is the job of the parent to encourage it and not stop the child from doing it. Different from dramatic play, functional play does not focus on using toys or objects in conventional ways. Instead, your child will focus on the physical characteristics of the object and explore it as he sees fit. A cardboard box will be as exciting as a toy train set for him. So let them explore and enjoy!
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The Best Food for a Baby for first 6 months is Breast Feeding. Strictly stick to it and avoid all So Called "Desi Dawa" like Gripe water, Somva 34, Vavdi vav kumbhar nu pani, barajan goli, bla bla etc. Its better to stick to Vitamin medicines prescribed by a Paediatrician than trying homely remedies. "Coligo" is very good medicine for Colic problems (digestion problems). Parent should make sure to burrp their baby after feeding. Generally a baby will burrp twice if he/she is fed well. Paediatricians generally recommend to keep babies on shoulder for 15 minutes post feeding for good digestion results.
Now after 6 months,
A Mother can start to feed the baby with semi solid or liquid diet like banana, apple, kiwi. You can give Mango to your baby provided it suits them. As many babies get diarrhoea because of Mango. I have twin babies whom I started giving cow milk mixed with half mineral water as milk alone is heavier for them.
Daily Morning I feed my baby milkshake made up of banana/apple alternate, "farley rusks biscuit", half water half cow milk and nuts powder. (Nuts powder receipe: Roasted -almond, cashew nuts, walnut, jaifal, saffron). All roasted differently on low flame on pan thn grinded to fine powder. Made for 15 days max, once made it should be refrigerated. Trust me, this mixture is highly nutritious and soothing my baby.
I also feed my baby with dal-rice and khichdi (specially moong dal soaked for more hours) alongside Curd. Please provide curd daily without fail to your babies. Its very good for their health.
I feed my baby with Vegetable soup made up of Carrot, Cabbage, Tomato, Potato, Beetroot and Spinach (A pinch of salt and butter for taste). Somedays I even feed them Tomato soup alone.
Cerelac/Porridge (Oats) is Optional by night.
Continue breastfeeding your baby atleast a year. Mothers can use powders like Lactomom or Lactaways to enhance their breast milk. Even Oats are said to be very good for enhancing breast milk.
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Good for breakfast or tiffin box!
Serves
Preparation Time
Cooking Time
2 People
25 Minutes
20 Minutes
Ingredients
1 cup soya chunks
1 1/2 cup basmati rice long-grained (soaked for half an hour)
4 tbsps (tablespoons) oil/ghee
1 tejpatta
3-4 cloves
1 tsp (teaspoon) jeera
3-4 black peppercorns
1 small stick of cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 cups of veggies of ur choice (I have used carrots, peas and baby corn)
1 tsp garlic paste
1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp green chilli paste
Salt to taste
Method
Step 1
Soak the soya chunks in 2 cup of hot water for 15 to 20 minutes. Drain and keep aside.
Step 2
Heat the oil in a pressure cooker/ pressure pan and add the cumin seeds, cinnamon, cloves, bay leaf (tejpatta) and black peppercorns.
Step 3
Add chilli paste, ginger paste, garlic paste and onions. Saute for 2 to 3 minutes.
Step 4
Add the carrots, green peas and all other diced vegetables, drained rice and soya chunks and saute for another 2 minutes.
Step 5
Add salt and mix well.
Step 6
Add 3 cups of hot water and pressure cook for 1 whistle. Serve hot.
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