Gross Motor Skills and Fine Motor Skill @ 06-02-2008 01:43
The development process can be broken up in to three-month intervals and divided into two categories: gross motor skills and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are the term used to describe your baby’s ability to control different parts of her own body. Fine motor skills refer to your baby’s level of [...]
development for your baby @ 29-01-2008 01:31
Infants (0-1 year old) Developmental Milestones Picture by tkwright.com Cognitive development for your baby means the learning process of memory, language, thinking and reasoning. Your baby is learning to recognize the sound of your voice. She is also learning to focus her vision from the periphery or the corner of her eyes to the center. Language development [...]
After one year @ 05-11-2007 17:00
Twelve months. After one year babies are generally able to say one or two words and are able to understand 25 words or more. For example if a person in the room asks, “where is daddy?” your baby will look for you. Your baby is also able to point at things (and ask for things [...]
some ways to help your baby with the learning process @ 22-10-2007 01:36
Here are some ways to help your baby with the learning process: • Look at books and talk about the pictures in simple languages. Where possible try and use books that your baby is able to hold. • Talk often to your baby using simple words to identify objects in his life. Name trees, numbers, colours, and [...]
Baby’s Language Development, Nine to twelve months @ 21-10-2007 16:50
Nine to twelve months. It’s possible that by now your baby understands requests and commands such as “give it” or “don’t touch that”. Similarly, she may understand simple questions such as “where’s your rattle?” At this time you should be encouraging your baby to use gestures (and you should respond to them). For example if [...]
Baby’s Language Development, Eight months @ 20-10-2007 14:58
Eight months. Your baby is playing games such as pat a cake and peeka- boo. Even though he can’t speak the words that belong to these games, he can babble and talk to himself. It’s likely that your baby knows what the word “No” means by now as well. ——- The scientists found that for [...]
Baby’s Language Development, Seven months @ 20-10-2007 00:16
Seven months. Your baby is now continuing to learn how to use his newfound language skills. He may be able to do things such as wave goodbye and may accompany his wave with babbling sounds. He can say “mama” or “dada”. ——————– ScienceDaily (Feb. 20, 2006) — Cognitive neuroscientists have shown that babies have [...]
Some Ways to Develop Language Skills @ 19-10-2007 19:24
Here are some ways that you can help your baby develop her language skills: • Speak very slowly and clearly. • Identify and point out items, objects and people as you talk about them. • Use shorter sentences sentences. • Using repetition when singing songs and nursery rhymes helps the learning process. • Reading to your baby is a good [...]
Baby’s Language Development, Six months @ 19-10-2007 04:30
Six months. Your baby may now be using consonant-vowel combinations. It’s quite possible that he has discovered his mirror reflection and is probably having conversations with himself. Your baby’s language is becoming much more precise. ————— Baby talk Every parent can find it frustrating when their baby cries and they can’t quite work out why. [...]
Baby’s Language Development, Five months @ 15-10-2007 17:25
Five months. As each month progresses you will find that your baby is becoming better at communicating. It’s possible that you will notice him imitate some sounds and gestures. By now he’ll most likely be able to let you know if he’s happy or sad. When attention is wanted your baby will babble until he [...]
