Movement is a universal, full-time, personal, childhood occupation, and its importance in children's early learning experiences cannot be overemphasized...Children develop movement in space to understand position, size, distance, and shape. Continuous activity... is essential for an optimal rather than a marginal level of motor performance." from Moving and Learning for the Young Child by William J Stinson, Ed.During the first part of life,...more
Your Baby's brain development is directly linked to movement. Research has established relationship between movement experiences and overall neural pathway building in the brain.To increase brain activity and thus brain development, your Baby needs to have consistent and repeated experiences, be it the finger play, or exercise, or when she is rocked and sung the lullaby. Here are some ideas for you to 'move' your Baby, so that she gains the...more
Sensory Development is as important to your Baby's Development as Brain development. The sensory organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin etc) feed the brain with sensory experiences that underlines much of the stimulants required by the Brain to build neural pathways.Do you know that the ears are the most developed sensory organ in a newborn? In fact, the ears were already completely developed in a 5-month old fetus. The knowledge that a 20-week fetus is able to hear the mother's voice has fueled much of theory on prenatal stimulation.With the ears being such sophisticated sensory organ, it stands to reason that much can be done to develop Baby's brain through auditory stimulation. Humming and rocking Baby has been an age-old, universal wisdom to give our Babies a head-start! While the Mozart Effect, which claimed that just listening to classical music will make your child smarter, had been debunked, research still endorses the fact that moving to music with Baby in arm, promotes much brain activities. All the better yet, move to the music in a 'musical' way - responding to the musical patterns and feelings inherent in the music - will fire up your Baby's brain even...more
Toddlers experience a sense of comforting self-control from being able to anticipate what will happen next. The adult provides daily rituals and routines which contribute to the stability of the child's emotional development. The adult also provides interactions that encourages social responses.Scaffolding is a process of interaction between the...more
If you have little kids, you realize that the Littlest Pet Shop provides a group of toys sold by Hasbro that has become an animated television show which is popular with the kids. The show is basically about the experiences of a group of miniature animals which hang out in a pet shop. The stars of the show have a tree house located in the pet...more
Most common words associated with teens are like wild, unpredictable, rebellious, etc. As many of the persons now labeling the teens as such had once themselves behaved similarly when they were themselves teens, so it seems rather a little unfair for them to be complaining when others follow sooth. All this being said, teens are definitely somewhat more complex then people of other age groups. The teens in turn dont have much faith in many of the ways, the rhymes, and the reasons that folks who got there before them had cooked up. They strive to be different, and to find their own identities. This is quite obvious from the sort of music they go for and also quite visible from the way they dress. Fashion is one area where they contributed much in making a lot of difference. And when we say fashion, the jewelry they wear is an important part of it.Jewelry made from sterling silver is very popular among todays teens. There are many reasons why this is so. One reason is that for many teens, yellow gold represents tradition, less trendy, and for some, it is just a bit too showy. Today, sterling silver jewelry collections are made up of hundreds of thousands of new designs, designs that...more
Eye experts once thought that the lowest acceptable age for wearing contact lenses should be eighteen. Today, more and more young people are wearing them to school and around the house. There is a larger teen market than ever before....more
Slumber party theme is definitely a great theme you can throw for your child's birthday. And this article will provide some lists of slumber party ideas you can select from. So what's actually a slumber party? Some will describe it as...more
Many people love to relate directly to another person with the desire to have a child. However, so-called marriages of convenience are a sign that a family is possible without involving feelings of love, when the goal is to perpetuate a...more
A well-train pet normally leads a happier and healthier life and its owner also can delight in a trouble-free life long companion. Canine coaching - fundamental obedience, home and potty instruction are therefore essential and crucial...more
With multifarious Magic Cubes hitting the market and gained immense popularity, I also jump on the bandwagon to buy a recommended musical magic cube for my niece as a gift. To my expectation, the 2 year old boy can't stop playing with it. Well, each...more
Aurora brings out the natural beauty in your digital photos by allowing you to remove dark shadows, bad lighting or other problems that can ruin a photo. Aurora is a powerfully simple way to visual edit, organize, share and store your...more