by Sarah Richard-Preston | Aug 14, 2014 | Baby Music, Child Development, Parenting, Research
If I asked you to list the significant physical and language developmental milestones that your baby is progressing towards I’m sure that you could give me an answer without thinking twice… rolling, sitting, standing, walking…babbling, saying a few words,...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Jul 28, 2014 | Art, Creative arts for children, Parenting
Give a young child a balloon and they will play with it for a lot longer than most fancy toys. What is it about balloons that excite and engage them? Perhaps it’s because they’re bright, light, bouncy and large – very peculiar properties when compared...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Jul 17, 2014 | Child Development, Parenting, Research
When dropping my 2-year-old off at daycare the other day the educator asked her for a hug, then smiled and looked up at me. “Oh I’ve missed her,” she said, referring to the week before, which Miss 2 had off due to illness. “She and I have the...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Jul 10, 2014 | Baby Music, Letters to the Editor, Parenting
A few weeks ago I posted an article with some advice on why you should sing to your baby every day. I received a wonderful email response from Bubble Box mum Jacqui that I just have to share with you, with her permission of course! I absolutely love hearing...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Jun 17, 2014 | Baby Music, Music, Parenting
In Sessions 1 and 2 of my program of music activities for babies, I show you how to share Solfège (or Do, Re, Mi) with your baby. But unless you have a musical background (beyond a vague recollection of learning Do, Re, Mi during primary school...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Jun 3, 2014 | Child Development, Parenting, Research
There’s much more going on inside your baby’s brain than you ever imagined possible! The new idea in brain research is that there’s a “big bang” in learning and it happens in the first 2000 days of life. What happens in those first 5...
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