Learning Activities For Your BabyWritten by Anil Vij
Books and Babies - For babies from age 6 weeks to 1 year Sharing books is a way to have fun with your baby and to start him on road to becoming a reader. What You Need Cardboard or cloth books with large, simple pictures of things with which babies are familiar Lift-the-flap, touch-and-feel, or peek-through play books (For suggestions, see Resources for Children,What to Do? Read to your baby for short periods several times a day. Bedtime is always a good time, but you can read at other times as well--while you're in park, on bus, or even at breakfast table (without food!). As you read, point out things in pictures. Name them as you point to them. Give your baby sturdy books to look at, touch, and hold. Allow him to peek through holes or lift flaps to discover surprises. Babies soon recognize faces and voices of those who care for them. As you read to your baby, he will begin to connect books with what he loves most--your voice and closeness. Continue talking with your older child as you did with your baby. Talking helps him to develop language skills and lets him know that what he says is important. What to Do The first activities in list below work well with younger children. As your child grows older, later activities let him do more. However, keep doing first ones as long as he enjoys them. Talk often with your toddler. When feeding, bathing, and dressing him, ask him to name or find different objects or clothing. Point out colors, sizes, and shapes.
| | Typical Language Accomplishments Written by Anil Vij
I thought it was important for you to know typical Language Accomplishments for Children, Birth to Age 3. Learning to read is built on a foundation of language skills that children start to learn at birth--a process that is both complicated and amazing. Most children develop certain skills as they move through early stages of learning language. By age 7, most children are reading. The following list of accomplishments is based on current scientific research in fields of reading, early childhood education, and child development. Studies continue in their fields, and there is still much still to learn. As you look over accomplishments, keep in mind that children vary a great deal in how they develop and learn. If you have questions or concerns about your child's progress, talk with child's doctor, teacher, or a speech and language therapist. For children with any kind of disability or learning problem, sooner they can get special help they need, easier it will be for them to learn. From birth to age 3, most babies and toddlers become able to: *Make sounds that imitate tones and rhythms that adults use when talking.
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