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The infant has limited physical abilities during the first few months, in contrast their brain is absorbing and sorting surrounding sounds. The baby is receptive to music sung to them and played near them for short blocks of time. Creating […]
Interactive musical connections for a baby will start around their third month and extend throughout early childhood and beyond. A baby in their first year begins to express their musical connections by producing sounds or movements in multiple ways. A […]
Music definitely is something that a baby and the whole family can enjoy together. Sing-alongs blend the sounds of the different generations and build memorable experiences. Internalizing the musical sounds is beneficial. It’s a pleasurable time that will deepen the […]
An older baby’s interactive musical connections are expressed in many different ways. Their large motor skill development now allows their body to “get their groove on”! Active participation is easier. The baby’s arms can grasp objects and hold them longer. […]
Here’s a little back story to share about language and literacy. A spoken language is a way to communicate words orally, to exchange ones’ views, ideas, culture and history. It’s the ability to listen and speak a language. Oral languages […]
What, read to my stomach? Yes, that’s right! It’s now cradling a developing baby who’s listening to all of those sounds seeping in from the outside world. In the last three months of one’s pregnancy the baby is growing and […]
Once an infant is carried through the door everyone’s life changes. The number one focus is caring for the new bundle of joy. Those first three months offer the family a rocky learning curve. The days and nights turn out […]
To a baby Reading Time is filled with love and words. Love felt and shown through the closeness of bodies and the flow of words spoken AND the thing called – BOOK. This object is a mystery to be solved, […]
Oral language is major part of the early book experience for the baby. Speaking the printed words aloud teaches new vocabulary and helps them to learn story parts and MORE. However, one can take a brief pause from “the thing-book” […]
When to begin “the talk”? The answer is…..during pregnancy. The expectant mother is the first “talker”, the one to model language and carry on daily one-way conversations. Talking or verbal speech is just part of the communication process that is […]
