Director Lee Bo-yeon, Korea's leading play expert, has published "Play Parenting for Brain Growth in Children Aged 0-5" on the topic of play, her specialty.
The human brain develops most rapidly during the first three years of life, and each developmental period has a "critical period" during which appropriate stimulation must be provided.
Expert Lee Bo-yeon emphasizes that the optimal development period for cognition, language, physicality, emotion, and sociality is from 0 to 5 years of age, and introduces 120 attachment games that provide appropriate stimulation for each stage from birth to 48 months.
Children who interact with their caregivers and experience stable attachments while playing can also develop self-affirmation, which is the foundation of self-esteem.
No expensive toys or special places are needed.
With this book, your precious daily life with your baby will magically transform into play and growth stimulation.

During the first year of life, when children show such remarkable growth and development, parents should provide various stimuli to promote their baby's development, but especially focus on the development of 'attachment and sensory-motor integration'.
Earlier, we mentioned that there is a 'critical period' in development, and this is because the first year of life, infancy, is a critical period for attachment and sensorimotor integration development.
Attachment develops best when the baby is physically and psychologically safe and comfortable through warm contact and when stimulation appropriate to the baby's developmental level is provided.
--- From 「Chapter 1_ 0 months to 12 months」

Where are the eyes, here! A game that develops awareness of the body and objects while singing a song.

[How to play]

ㆍ [Where are the eyes?] Sing the song with the baby's name.
Whenever the name of a body part is mentioned, hold the baby's hand and point to the corresponding body part.

"Where are Jisoo's eyes? Here! Where is Jisoo's nose? Here!"

ㆍHave the guardian sing along and have the baby point to the appropriate body part.
If the baby is clumsy, you can hold their hand and help them.

“Where is Mommy’s mouth? Here it is! Good job finding it!”

"Where are your ears, Daddy? Where are they? Here!"
--- From 「Chapter 2_ 12 months to 24 months」

After the age of two, babies begin to develop empathy as they become more aware of their own and others' emotions.
If you cannot understand the situations or emotions of others, it will be difficult to be considerate or cooperative with others, and you will not be able to form a sense of empathy, making it difficult to get along with others. Therefore, empathy can be said to be an important element in social development.
Although the ability necessary for empathy development is developed during this period, the egocentrism that sees things from one's own perspective is still very high, and there are many cognitive limitations in understanding subtle clues or situations. Therefore, in order to increase the baby's empathy ability, it is necessary to have a lot of emotional conversations that accept the baby's emotions and thoughts on a regular basis and frequently talk about the emotions and perspectives of others.
--- From 「Chapter 3_ 24 months to 36 months」

Q.
My child talks a lot, but I'm worried because his pronunciation isn't very good.
He is now 38 months old and still calls the tiger “Hodang-i” and the bus “Ppeot.”


: As children's language skills increase explosively around the age of three, parents' expectations for their children also tend to increase accordingly.
Although some children can speak clearly at a young age, most children do not reach adult-level pronunciation until they are 5 or 6 years old.
At the age of 2-3, the pronunciation of 'ㄴ,ㅁ,ㅂ,ㄷ' is completed, at the age of 3-5, 'ㄱ,ㅈ' can be pronounced, and at the age of 5, 'ㄹ,ㅅ' can be pronounced.
So, it may be quite natural for a child who is only 38 months old to say "Hodang-i."
Instead of teasing the child at this time, just say “Ah, tiger!” again with the appropriate pronunciation.
Most people's pronunciation naturally improves with age, but if they are past the age of 6 and are unable to pronounce certain sounds, it is recommended that they receive a language evaluation as there may be a problem with their language habits or oral structure.

--- From "Chapter 4_ 36 months to 48 months"