Reading helps children exercise their imaginations and discover new things about the world around them. When my younger son was about 13 months old, he was sitting on our living room floor “reading” a book about Elmo. As he turned the pages, he signed everything he saw in the pictures.
Author: loraheller
Daddy Time
Parenthood overwhelmingly revolves around moms in most cultures and societies. It has long been thought that bonding with mother (not father) is essential to baby’s development. Yet, some recent research has shown that primary school children scored higher in tests of empathy when they had formed a bond with their father during infancy. And while […]
Learning Through the Arts
The arts provide such significant support in education. Unfortunately, they are often the first areas to be cut from budgets, requiring grant funding and private donations if they are to be offered at all. In my children’s NYC public K-8, there is not a school (instrumental or vocal) ensemble, but there is a full-time art […]
The Joys of Parenting Boys
By Lora Heller, Founding Director of Baby Fingers LLC What are little boys made of? Snips and snails, and puppy dog tails That’s what little boys are made of! ~Mother Goose. Mother Goose said that little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice…honestly, my boys are made of that too! Well, most of […]