Language and Social Skills

Listening Games for Your Baby

  Her sense of hearing is acute, but still being refined. Use this sense to help her learn about her world and make sense of everything around her. In addition to talking, singing, and reading to her, try these “listening games” to make her aware of all the sounds in her world: 1.  Rattles on...

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Language at the Market

  Everyone has to go to the grocery store or market. Use this as an opportunity to talk to your baby! We want to hurry up and get our chores done, but walking through a market or grocery store is a great opportunity to build your baby’s visual skills, language skills, and overall sensory processing....

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Establish a Loving Bedtime Routine

It is never too early to establish a bedtime routine. Babies love consistency and predictability. To successfully implement a routine, you and your partner can decide what you both would like to be a part of the routine. What components resonate with you? Some activities that have been proven to be calming are giving your...

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When to Talk to Your Baby

Here are some tips on when to talk to your baby throughout the day to add more words to her vocabulary, build her language, and bond through interactions. Explain transitions to her. Carry him in a vertical baby carrier so he is close to you and narrate the chores you are doing or tell stories...

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Babies Love Other Children

  Studies show that babies prefer to look at mommy and daddy’s face, their own face in a mirror, and other children’s faces more than anything else! Babies also are able to process higher pitch voices because their inner ear is not fully developed. This makes interacting with other children perfect for developing babies. Sweet...

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Bilingual Babies

  Did you know that babies under six months possess a skill that very few if any adults are capable of? No, it’s not sucking their toes…babies are capable of distinguishing every single sound pattern of every single language on the planet! They truly are born citizens of the world.  The language centers of babies’...

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Put That Phone Away

  You need your phone for phone calls, to check your e-mail, and to post adorable pictures of your baby, but when it interferes with face to face time with your baby, it’s time to put it away. The latest studies show that babies rely on the back and forth conversation and the constant confirmation...

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Nursery Rhyme Database (English and Spanish)

English Nursery Rhyme Database: A A – Tisket A – Tasket A – Tisket a – tasket, A green and yellow basket. I wrote a letter to my love, And on the way I dropped it.   I dropped it, I dropped it, And on the way I dropped it. A little boy (girl) picked...

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Daddy’s Unique Impact on Baby Development

Patrick Chung from Aimee Ketchum on Vimeo. Don’t be offended mommies, but research shows us that daddy’s early interactions with baby are a higher predictor of future language and academic skills. In other words, the more daddy reads to your baby, sings to your baby, and talks to your baby, the smarter your baby will...

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Building Those Brain Connections!

Your baby gains so much information from the world around her in her first year that her brain will actually double in weight and triple by age three. When she was born, the brain cells or neurons were all in place but there were very few connections between these cells. These connections occur through new...

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