Babies naturally enjoy rhymes, rhythm and songs. Here's a curious 9-month old exploring the piano. She realises that different keys have different pitches. Stringing them together, she discovers her own unique tune . . .
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learning through discovery
Babies naturally enjoy rhymes, rhythm and songs. Here's a curious 9-month old exploring the piano. She realises that different keys have different pitches. Stringing them together, she discovers her own unique tune . . .
Mother and child
Research has shown that the extent and quality of care the mother provides the child are strongly conditioned by the way they spend their time together during the first days after birth. The single most important element in an infant's environment is the loving wisdom of the caregiver. Nothing material can substitute for time and attention during these early months. We must provide, above all, a family who will develop a long-term relationship with the child. The earliest moments in life, the first minutes and hours, are the most impressionable for both child and caregiver. This is the time when the basic instincts of parenting are awakened, and the bonding and trust of the infant is developed.
Nurturing the Love of Learning
Experts who study the acquisition of language tell us that the basis for learning oneís mother tongue begins in the womb. In the study of the lives of great musicians it is often found that the exposure to good music also began in the womb.
Parents who learn songs to sing to their babies long before they are born find that these songs are very soothing to the infant after birth.
Just as with Montessori, the purpose of the Suzuki method is to create a loving relationship between child and adult, to give the child the joy of accomplishment and developed talents, and, by meeting the needs of children, to help create a more peaceful society. The best way to help children is to work with parents even before birth. Today Suzuki parent education classes, given to help parents prepare for their infants, are similar in many ways to Montessori parent education classes.
It is possible that the fetus absorbs the particular characteristic rhythms of the motherís language. In a sense the fetus is already at work, learning language! It is thus important to sing to the child even during pregnancy. The brain's growth during fetal life is astonishing, with 20,000 cells being added every minute. Dreaming begins at the end of the seventh month of pregnancy. —Silvana Montanaro, M.D., AMI Montessori teacher trainer
Parents who learn songs to sing to their babies long before they are born find that these songs are very soothing to the infant after birth.
Just as with Montessori, the purpose of the Suzuki method is to create a loving relationship between child and adult, to give the child the joy of accomplishment and developed talents, and, by meeting the needs of children, to help create a more peaceful society. The best way to help children is to work with parents even before birth. Today Suzuki parent education classes, given to help parents prepare for their infants, are similar in many ways to Montessori parent education classes.
It is possible that the fetus absorbs the particular characteristic rhythms of the motherís language. In a sense the fetus is already at work, learning language! It is thus important to sing to the child even during pregnancy. The brain's growth during fetal life is astonishing, with 20,000 cells being added every minute. Dreaming begins at the end of the seventh month of pregnancy. —Silvana Montanaro, M.D., AMI Montessori teacher trainer
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