Bright babies....

reading books is one of the best things! Also play games with her...get in the floor and really play! talk to her like she is an adult, not a kid. I talk to my daughter who is 3, like she is the same age as me and she talks so well now. Tell her about things....when you go shopping, point to stuff and say " this is milk. it comes from a cow" " these are egss, they come from chickens" Because kids DO remember things and they DO understand you

Perhaps it will sound weird, but I have good proves myself that this works. Mmmm I realized now Ressie has already adviced this, so perhaps it is not so weird. Let your baby hear and feel the music, all the time it is possible. Specially Jazz music (as an example I would recommend Pat Metheny's "Secret Story", please hear some samples at http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Story-Pat-Metheny/dp/B000000OSS ). When she grows up more, try to play with her while hearing the music, relating the different sounds to real feelings (happyness, exitation, calm...) as in a film soundtrack. Also try to make her recognize the different instruments, and the different pitchs... I hope this helps.

Encourage imaginative play- which by the way, doesn't have to be expensive at all. Things that best spark the imagination are usually free or very inexpensive- paper, crayons, paint,and scissors (if she's old enough to use them)will keep most toddlers & young amused and thinking for hours. Clay or dough to get her building stuff. Old magazines for collages of similar things or opposites or whatever theme you want to think up. Old, adult sized clothes for playing dress-up. Fill empty cereal boxes & other pantry items with a little rumpled paper and then tape the tops closed and you have play food for pretending to be a store. Reading is very important, but also encourage her to make up stories too. Tell the opening of a story and then ask her, what do you think will happen next.

Expose your kid to the outside world-take him to the park,zoos,to your workplace/office, to extended families' houses or your friends' houses, to the beach, climb the mountain, talking to him like he understands everything you are saying. You can tell from the facial expressions alone that your kid is responding to the external stimuli you are providing him and that could awaken the genuis that is sleeping inside him.