Gracie impresses mom with her knowledge of animals - age 1 1/2 years
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Baby Brain Development (Pardee)
Did you know babies are born with over a 100 billion brain cells? So how can you help your baby's brain develop? Well, it all comes down to creating a loving and stimulating environment. Because the brain operates on a "use it or lose it principle" - what your baby sees, feels, hears, and experiences is very important. Stimulating your baby's brain is as simple as talking and singing to them often. Try placing interesting objects and pictures near your baby so they can observe and learn. Simple games such as Peek- A- Boo also aid in stimulating your babies brain development. Help your child get a great start in life and play with them every day.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Bo Fo' Sho'
NEW TOUR FALL 2010 tickets here: tinyurl.com my new CD, "words, words, words," is here: itunes.apple.com beat and lyrics by bo burnham walkin my poodles, man it never gets old with my dogs on my leash i got bitches on the hold, a first aids kit? thats a rhesus monkey, i bust more nuts than a pistachio junkie! get more ass than a giant donkey stable, got more lines than whitney houston's coffee table, i get more head than grammar school lice, i'm like a walkin glacier i'm so decked out with ice. Did you poop a virgin? cause that shit is tight. jack ain't black, barry ain't white. i do drugs in the bedroom, lie on ur back cause i got the pipe and you got the crack. though i'm sexually straight, your bound to find, i'm mentally gay, cause i'll blow your mind. the parents be snickerin "he shouldnt have written it" but i'm constipated, couldnt give a shit. chorus: My name is bo fo sho, a born bostonian, aryan librarian at the WORDsmithsonian the rap is scattered, it hides its ingenuity, i gave it this little part to give it continuity. the fellas say hey moron pass the gin cause i'm an OXYmoron breathing OXYgen give me the bottle, i'll chug two thirds cause you bitches know fractions speak louder than words and the ladies say hey fellas i'm keepin it tight and if you play ur cards right you can have me tonight should i blow you or beat you, brass or percussion? oh stop, PERIOD end of discussion chorus... walking through the garden with food at my feet, picked up the celery but ...
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Teach Baby How to Read - Does it Work?
Is it really possible to teach baby how to read? Does it work? With all the pressure on children now a days to do well in school, is there a course to start them early to be ahead of the pack? Dr. Robert Titzer, PhD has answered that question: Yes, you can teach baby how to read. It does work. Being a professor and teacher for 15 years, Dr. Titzer has developed a revolutionary early learning approach that he used to teach his own infant children. Both his girls started recognizing words at 9-12 months and reading at 16-24 months. Furthermore, his websites do show video clips of numerous babies recognizing words and yes reading!
Dr. Titzer's product called, "Your Baby Can Read" takes advantage of the relatively short window period of about 5 years in an infant's life in which learning is the most natural. Between 3 months and 5 years of age, approximately 90% of a child's brain develops, and throughout this time, children are 'sponges,' soaking in and processing information at incredibly high rates. The program consists of a 5 DVD set with sliding cards for each DVD, 50 word game cards, 82 double sided word cards, a How To Parents Guide, 5 Lift-A-Flap books, music DVD, workshop DVD and a window book. The cost is 9.95 or there is a 30 day trial period for .95. Sounds pretty expensive? Well, not really considering private school now a days run around ,000-,000 a year and private tutoring can be in excess of per hour or more. Did I mention the exponential increase in college tuition costs?
Why not start early and teach baby how to read? Stop pondering about the question whether or not to teach baby how to read. Look at the fact that babies love whatever attention you give to them especially when you are focusing in helping them to read, playing word games, reading books and watching word videos with them. They thrive for attention and love. If you can teach baby how to read at such a young age, they will have the confidence and knowledge later on to be next Einstein, brain surgeon, or President. Heck, you will not be surprised if down the road, your child will get a full ride scholarship to the university he/she always dreamed of.
I have an 8-year-old, 6-year-old, and a 17 month old. I did not know about this program and wondered does it work? I started my 17 month old on this Your Baby Can Read program and have been amazed by the results. My son has a vocabulary of 30 words already by only watching the DVDs and using the sliding cards. He loves the DVDs. I can just turn on a DVD and he would sit there and say along with the words and sing along with the songs. I am even able to get some housework done when he watches the DVDs. I do regret not using program on my first two children when they were babies but I am so glad that I did start this program with our third baby. He amazes me every day with the things he says and the things he does. I do think that he will be the smartest of three with this Your Baby Can Read program. It does work. Don't wait. Teach baby how to read now. Babies' brains are like sponges compared to older kids so the earlier you start, the faster they will learn!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Natural Child's Play
Think back for a moment to your childhood. What was your favorite thing to play? What did you pretend for hours on end? When parents are asked this question, almost without exception we discover that our favorite play scenarios were those we created out of our imaginations. We were mommies feeding babies, superheroes with a towel-turned-cape, explorers of our backyards. Grandparents often say they played with what little play materials they had. A simple cloth was a baby blanket, a parachute flyer, and a costume all in one.
Today's children have toys far more detailed and sophisticated. However, a growing number of psychologists and child development specialists are advocating for a return to the "natural" play of yesteryear. Why? Because it requires imagination!
In this age of high-tech toys, children frequently push a button and are entertained by watching play happen, not by actively creating it themselves. The toys construction determines how it will be played with. The natural play that is thought to be more appropriate encourages children to create a play scenario out of their own imagination. Play materials are unstructured so the child must creatively "complete" the toy. Play materials are also multi-purpose, meaning that one toy can be turned into lots of different things. For example, blocks made of tree branches can be used to create unique structures not possible with traditional square blocks. Cloths and silks can be turned into capes, aprons, and rivers. Dolls with simple features allow the child to decide if the baby is laughing, crying or sleeping.
Recent research is supporting this more natural approach to play. There is some evidence that children who play with open-ended toys are better at solving divergent problems (problems where there is more than one answer). These children were shown to think beyond the objects in what we call "out-of-the-box" thinking.*
Many parents who practice natural or holistic parenting are taking the lead in bringing back this type of play to childhood. More and more parents are seeing the value of and true developmental need for free creative play. Many parents are now choosing unstructured toys made of natural materials over battery-operated plastic toys. And with new books such as Einstein Never Used Flash Cards, many parents are questioning the push for early academics and are enrolling their children in play-based preschools.
So, again, think about your favorite memories of playing as a child. Who were you? What did you become? The imagination that transformed you into someone else or into another place has proven again to truly be a cornerstone of childhood. It seems that although we have the technology to create high-tech toys, it's the natural play with natural play things that truly inspires the magic that is childhood.
*Reference: Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD & Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, PhD, Einstein Never Used Flash Cards. (Rodale, 2003)
Sunday, December 4, 2011
aiman and nature
Akmal Aiman loves going through his baby einstein nature flashcards. It was definitely a good buy; the pictures are superb and they even have some knowledge facts you can read out to your child at the back of the card. Aiman loves it.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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