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Tag Archives: infant development
The Strength of Group Play
Last week we discussed the “tiger mom” parenting debate and my mantra was: “The key to parenting best practices is to tune into your child’s unique mind and profile of strengths and help them become who they truly are. Assume … More
Early Logic Adventures- Figuring things out
Once our babies start to sit up, this milestone opens a whole new range of exploration. Their hands free up and whatever they can get them on, they want to explore and manipulate. More
Early Logic Adventures- Making things happen
Our little ones don’t start their logic careers with the 123s, shapes, and colors: instead, they figure out that when they do something, it can make something else happen in the world. So if they give you a big smile, you will give them a big smile back. This is early cause and effect. More
Baby Babblin’
Another early language skill that we all experience and hold precious during that first year is babbling. Our babies’ babbles are some of the first experiments with sounds that eventually turn into language. More
Exploring the Cabinets
For our babies almost any place and anything around the home is a world to explore– take drawers and cabinets. We have all seen our babies’ beeline for a drawer we just put something away in or the cabinet in the bathroom we just opened. More
See Cute Babies and Support a Great Cause
Babies, the new documentary by Thomas Balmes simultaneously follows four babies from around the world on their journey to first steps. Opening Mothers Day weekend, you’ll be delighted with an inside look into the lives of Ponijao in Opuwo near … More
Awareness & Reflective Thought- Part 1
Even more fundamental then language is the development of a unique human awareness and reflective thought. Believe it or not, when a young baby’s hand goes whizzing by her face, she actually has no idea that it is her own hand. A baby’s consciousness and awareness is nothing like an adult humans. More
Language Development- Part 3
During the third year of language development, early advantages compound as two year olds have learned that words represent things and know enough words to help them figure out new words by context very quickly. More
Learning Through Play
An important fact that we have not yet discussed much is how these real concrete contexts and experiences are the vehicle for all their learning—Learning Through Play. All the stuff we think of as learning and intelligence gets exercised and develops through our babies’ hands-on explorations and experiences. More
Paper Play
A material we don’t think of as a toy or something for babies to play with is paper, but actually we could not be more mistaken. Babies love to explore paper. They love to see the many things paper can do: flap, bend, crease, wad, tear, crackle, crunch, flutter! More
