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Bilingualism: The Cognitive Benefits of a Second Language
Children exposed early (before 3) to two languages easily become experts in both. While toddlers sometimes mix grammar and vocab between...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20202 min read
What do children think of beards?
Humans are experts in perceiving information from faces. Our attention to, and preference for, faces is evident from the earliest phases...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Delaying Gratification: Is it worth it?
Many of us know of the famous “marshmallow test” – a psychological test that celebrates the importance of delayed gratification. This...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Babbling & Language Development
Babies make lots of fun and strange noises but these nonsensical sounds have an important role to play. Babbling is an essential...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Who's in the mirror? Mirror Self-Recognition
Babies love mirrors. But research shows that babies typically don’t recognise that it’s THEM they see in the mirror until 18-24 months of...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Nudie Rudie: The Importance Of Naked Play
When you can, consider stripping your baby down to their nappy - or better yet, let them be fully naked altogether! Being naked is an...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20202 min read
The Power of Peekaboo
All over the world, parents and their infants play peek-a-boo. The words and the vocal melody of the game are different in Swahili and...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Thumb sucking: Thumbs-up or Thumbs-down?
There are two forms of sucking: nutritive sucking (i.e., from a breast/bottle to provide nutrition) and non-nutritive sucking (i.e., a...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Siblings
The sibling relationship is a natural testing ground for children to learn about their world. It is in this safe space that they learn...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Tantrums: Why they happen & What to do about them
Tantrums are emotions. Big emotions in little bodies that don’t yet know how to handle them. When emotions overwhelm a child, their brain...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20202 min read
4 Things Worth Knowing About Babies
🔅1. Babies are social mammals with social needs. Social mammals emerged over 30 million years ago along with intensive parental...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Mental Time-Travel
Mental time travel describes the human trait of being able to imagine ourselves in time. We can remember that yesterday we ate cornflakes...
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skennedycostantini
Nov 3, 20201 min read
Mind-minded
Mind-mindedness is a term used to measure responsiveness within the parent-child relationship. A parent who is “mind-minded” recognises...
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skennedycostantini
Sep 12, 20203 min read
Vestibular Development & the importance of physical play
Our Vestibular System is what allows us to experience and coordinate movement. It’s why, when in an elevator, even though our visual...
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skennedycostantini
Aug 4, 20202 min read
Playing with knives
When moving away from modern “Western” parenting practices, we notice an improbably common occurrence. The tolerance, even encouragement,...
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skennedycostantini
Jul 9, 20201 min read
On the importance of being cute.
A distinctive feature of humans is that we are born “prematurely”. Giraffes are able to stand, walk and run within hours after birth....
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skennedycostantini
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Great Expectations
“High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation” - Charles Kettering. When we expect others to behave in a...
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skennedycostantini
Jul 9, 20201 min read
Tell me lies, tell me white little lies
Catching your child in a lie can be confronting, but research shows that the capacity to deceive is an important sign of your child’s...
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skennedycostantini
Jul 2, 20203 min read
Why is baby talk is good for babies?
LEARNING LANGUAGE Even before a baby is born, the process of language learning has already begun. Towards the end of pregnancy, after an...
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skennedycostantini
Jul 2, 20202 min read
"This is not a pipe", or is it? How children come to learn about symbolic representation.
This famous painting by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte is called "The Treachery of Images". In French, the words read "This is...
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