How parents can cultivate their children’s sense of humor

Game: Making faces

Suitable for children over 0 years old

Reason for recommendation: Research shows that newborns just 2 days old can imitate simple faces of adults Expressions and some interesting facial expressions are one of the important ways to cultivate your baby's sense of humor.

Game method:

1. Stick out your tongue at the child and watch the baby's reaction. Pay attention to the speed when sticking out the tongue, so that the child can completely observe the entire process of the parent sticking out the tongue and learn to imitate it.

2. Stare your eyes, puff up your cheeks, place your baby's two small hands on both sides of the cheeks, gently squeeze the cheeks, and then exhale.

3. Let the child scratch the parent’s ear. When he catches the ear, stick out his tongue at him.

4. Let the child touch his parents’ nose. When he touches his nose, he frowns hard and tightens the muscles in the upper part of the nose.

Warm tips:

1. When playing this game with younger children, parents are in the dominant position. The focus is to attract the baby’s attention and let him get out of this game. Have some fun experiences and try to learn your parents' moves.

2. When playing with older children, let the child become the leader of the game. The focus is to encourage him to play more tricks creatively.

Efforts to “create” children’s sense of humor

Humor is one of the important components of “emotional intelligence”. Children with a sense of humor are mostly cheerful and lively, so they tend to be more popular with teachers and have much better interpersonal relationships than children without a sense of humor.

Many parents in the United States start their unique "early sense of humor training" when their babies are only 6 weeks old. A typical example is: when parents deliberately hold their children in a "falling" action, some children, while experiencing the feeling of falling, will also realize that adults are playing tricks on them, and their little faces may Will bring a smile. Children around 1 year old are already very sensitive to other people's facial expressions. When he falls over as a toddler, you might as well make a face at her to express comfort - at this time, he will often burst into laughter at the face you make. Children as young as 2 years old can already find humor in the incongruity of bodies or objects.

The intelligence of 3-year-old children has developed to the point where they can recognize the humor hidden in disharmony. When the mother purposely puts on the father's big men's watch, the child will shake his head and laugh endlessly. You can also allow your child to pretend to put on grandpa's top hat, hold a cane, and stagger around, and he will laugh while imitating. Children around 4 years old especially like to "make housework" or pretend to be cartoon characters. When you find that your son and the little girl next door are happily playing the roles of prince and princess, and they are very involved in the performance, not only don't stop it, but you can also come in and play a small role like a bad guy.

When children reach the age of 5 to 6 years old, they may become very sensitive to the humorous elements in language. For example, the clever use of homonyms and puns, and the learning of tongue twisters can make them feel interesting. At the same time, you should also encourage your children to learn to guess riddles, or even make up some simple word riddles by themselves. Most 7-year-old children are already in school. They often like to tell and listen to jokes. If adults can provide guidance at this time and let the children know what is vulgar and what is humor, that would of course be a wise move. Children after the age of 8 have begun to develop a sense of humor. Parents should pay attention to the little jokes their children tell about school life after returning home, and laugh knowingly. It’s also a way for parents to acknowledge their child’s sense of humor.

Children with a sense of humor are often happier and smarter, can easily complete their studies, and even have an optimistic and joyful life.