Category: Learn & Play
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Top Summer Sensory Activities for Infants and Toddlers
Sensory play has many benefits for babies and toddlers of all ages, from its role in early child development, through encouraging brain and language growth to fine and gross motor skill acquisition, cognitive expansion and social interactions – to name but a few! When outdoor sensory play sessions occur during summer days they provide your…
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New study suggests that singing to infants promotes their brain development
My now toddler son used to love listening to me sing as his baby; when we rocked back and forth I would sing him soothing lullabies of my own invention before sending him off into dreamland. Singing was and remains my preferred method for connecting with him. But I know I’m not alone when it…
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Enhancing the development of a 6-month-old baby through engaging activities
Your curious little one is discovering all sorts of new experiences this month: eating (and playing with) solid foods, sitting without assistance, sleeping on schedule (with two naps!), making new sounds and discovering how cause-and-effect works. Get ready for lots (and lots) of peekaboo games now that he/she knows why something happens and when. Dr.…