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BACKGROUND MUSIC
Playing high-quality music for infants stimulates brain development and musical ability.
"Before he could even speak, our son Tonino had memorized most of the Mother Goose Father Bach CD, and then he would recite the rhymes in perfect sentences from beginning to end once he could speak. This CD helped Tonino develop a love of music and rhythm and it helped his speech development."
—Elena Cerri, Pittsburgh, PA
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COUNTING GAMES
Playtime is the perfect environment for learning. Push your children on a swing and say "one," they repeat with "two" when they swing back. Start with the teens the following day, and counting by tens after that.
"I taught my children counting and the subdivision of beats by pushing them and saying, 1-and 2-and..., followed by 1-e-and-a, 2-e-and-a..., followed by silly words, like 1-bitty-bug-bitty, 2-bitty-bug-bitty..."
—Monique Mead
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MUSIC IS FOR MEMORY
Music is a very powerful tool for memorization. Remember the A-B-C song, or the song that lists the 50 States alphabetically? Try putting your address or your telephone number to a simple tune, and see how quickly your child will learn it!
"Memorizing songs and nursery rhymes expanded Mirisa's vocabulary as well as her concentration. At age 5, she was able to perfectly recite 12 rhymes in a concert."
—Shawn Alfonso-Wells,
Pittsburgh
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