Babies will instinctively:
- Take initiative and act on their natural curiosity
- Make clear choices among different materials and experiences
- Vary their strategies and try different approaches
- Persist at a goal and stick to a task
- Share their discoveries and seek social interaction
These are the real basic skills of your baby’s first years and these are the hallmarks of great thinkers and achievers. The research is clear that the best way for babies to grow and strengthen these skills—the skills they need to succeed in life—is to play.
Every baby learns by doing.
Serious Kid Tested:
The Serious girls received three DVDs to watch; all in a day’s play, figuring things out, and exploring real stuff. Both girls (ages 2.5 years and 7 months) started watching the videos with a lot of interest. #2 really enjoyed the portions with the music. During the times when there wasn’t music, they were performing a task like pouring water out of a tub or playing peek-a-boo. At these times, I found I was really interacting with my girls a lot more as they weren’t as interested in the DVDs; it sort of directed our play. As the movie progressed, we were playing and interacting together more and more.
While our girls were not as interested in these movies as others, I definitely think they were a benefit to us. It allowed us to play together in different ways that I never would have thought of. It showed #2 things that I wouldn’t be able to do in our living room, but also incorporated new play ideas.
I also noticed #1 trying to play with #2 more. When she saw peek-a-boo with eebee, she really wanted to play with #2, and did.
We will definitely continue watching these and playing in different ways.
The creators of Eebee have generously offered a set of DVDs to one Really, Are You Serious? reader.
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