Playful Learner: Part 1
Picture young children outside playing in the park. Some may be on the swings, others are running around amongst the trees yelling, “You’re it.” in a game of tag. What fun they’re having during a period of play time. Many […]
Month: May 2024
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Playful Learner: Part 2
The new baby is a playful learner that is discovering their own body movements, family and surroundings. They are in the sensorimotor stage according to Piaget. “Toes, what fun they are to touch!” As the baby gets older peoples faces […]
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Playful Learning
Research is busting out all over the world each day explaining in more detail the significance of play. Technology has helped to fast track the study of a baby’s brain. I-Labs at the University of Washington pioneered a new kind […]
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Playful Stages
Many sociologists, psychologists, scientists and researchers have studied children and present different views on the groupings of stages that children go through in social play. Mildred Parten is well known for her six stages covering ages birth to 5 years. Let’s […]
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Moving On with Playful Learning
A baby is still in the solitary stage of play during the ages from 6-12 months. Discovery continues to be their main goal. What’s this thing? –Try a little of this and try a little of that! Yes, it may […]
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Let the Music Begin
People embrace music whole heartedly throughout the world by listening, watching, dancing, singing or even creating it. Yes, that’s so true. What about the baby brain? Scientists have discovered that music has a positive effect on early brain development and […]
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Music! Music! Music!
Dancing, snapping, clapping, tapping, humming, singing with others or self are all active ways to be involved with music. Playing an instrument and/or writing songs are creative ways to express oneself through music, too. Children love music! Mary Anderson, an […]
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Tummy Music
Music contributes to the brain development of the unborn baby’s auditory system and cognitive abilities! Prenatal exposure to music benefits both mother and fetus. For the mother, the tranquil music may help create a time of relaxation, thereby, reducing stress […]
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More Tummy Music
Musical connections begin in the womb. Dr. Daniel Levitin, who’s a musician and neuroscientist, explained in an interview how the perception of music starts, “We begin hearing music in the womb through the amniotic fluid – it sounds like listening […]
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The Baby and Music
The new baby brain is listening to all the sounds in their environment. At birth an infant has 100 billion brain cells. The cells control breathing, heartbeat and sucking while they are working hard to adapt to their new world. […]