Learning that focuses only on seeing, and which does not include the other senses, is incomplete. Teach your child to use other less used senses to learn.

Try this activity that will help her use her sense of hearing.

Take 6 glass jars (baby food jars will do), and make them opaque by painting them on the inside.

Paint three jars red, and three green. Opaque plastic or wood jars will do just as well.

Divide the six jars into separate colored pairs, and fill each pair with items that make interesting sounds – beans, sand, rice, peas, and pebbles. For instance, one green and one red jar with peas, one green and one red jar with sand, and one green and one red jar with rice.

Place all jars before your child and ask her to pick a green jar, shake it and then find the red jar that makes the exact same sound. Once she’s found a pair, let her keep the jars aside.

Continue with the other jars.

As she gets used to identifying the sounds correctly, increase the difficulty of the activity by including other items in the jar – peas, unpopped corn etc.

This activity helps develop her fine sense of hearing, and boosts concentration abilities. 

Enjoy!