Bits of Knowledge About Babies
The best ways to get to know your baby and help him/her develop well :
Care for the baby with love, since the baby�s intelligence manifests before language and thought. The baby assimilates and adapts until accustomed. Example: The baby repeatedly tries to place keys in lock and leaves it only once s/he has learned how.
Display plenty of affection, since the baby learns through tenderness. Remember that there is no such thing as a purely intellectual action. Affection plus intelligence cannot be dissociated.
The baby is always making new constructions even while s/he reads, so �Teach� the baby all about the environment in which s/he lives, �teaching� her also to read, to listen, to speak, and to write. IT is important to remember that we do not teach the babies; we intermediate. It is the baby who truly learns.
At each stage of her development, the baby requires the means to intervene competently in her world around and within, so play and playthings are the baby�s main development medium. S/he learns with the culture s/he lives in. Every time the baby learns, s/he�s developing!
One stage of a child�s development may be similar to another�s but the individual systems of learning are different, so observe the baby playing and give her what s/he needs.
The child lives a new world everyday and needs us to show it to her.
Finally, Development Psychology�s most recent positions have considered the baby as an active subject from birth. When the baby�s born, s/he possesses all the potential qualities of a human being. But we cannot treat her as an adult. We have only to mediate the development of these qualities.
As parents, we can help our babies develop through learning and through play!
Dr. Eliane Leao is a native of Brazil, South America. She has a
background in Education from Purdue University (Masters) and a PhD in the
Department of Educational Psychology from the State University of Campinas
(UNICAMP)/Purdue University (Ph.D.). Dr. Leao has also three Bachelor�s
degrees, one in Piano, another in Musical Education, and a third in Voice. Dr.
Leao is currently a professor of Music Education and Music Therapy
conducting research on the influence of Music in Early Childhood Learning.
Her �babies� have grown to become productive members of their
communities. Dr. Leao hopes that the trials and successes of her family may
inspire and convince other parents to stimulate their children during early
childhood so that they may enjoy a rich, stimulating, integrated, and happy
life always.
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