Dr. Linda Acredolo is quoted extensively in an article in the April issue of American Baby!
Read the article about how babies 0-18 months express happiness.
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Showing posts with label Linda Acredolo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Linda Acredolo. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Baby Signs "Sign of the Week" Video - and FREE Poster
In celebration of Dr. Suess' birthday, March is National Reading Month. Research conducted by Baby Signs Founders Dr. Linda Acredolo and Dr. Susan Goodwyn show that babies who sign develop an early love of books and reading. Why? Because signing helps babies become active participants in reading instead of just passive listeners.
Watch this video with your baby and learn the American Sign Language sign for "Book!"
Watch this video with your baby and learn the American Sign Language sign for "Book!"
Download this free Baby Signs poster
Friday, February 5, 2010
Infants are SO smart! See this video tip and you'll be amazed.
If you have an infant, you'll want to see this video! Dr. Linda Acredolo will show you a simple activity with a baby mobile will show you how smart infants are and how fast they learn.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Got a video camera? Use it to help boost your baby's memory skills!
Baby Minds Tip:
Boost your baby's memory skills - with your video camera
Watch this short video to learn how you can turn your video camera into a wonderful teaching tool for your baby. Child development expert Dr. Acredolo lets you in on this simple, but powerful, tip for building your baby's capacity for memory, a foundational skill for learning.
Nurturing your child's Development
In this new online video series, Dr. Linda Acredolo and Dr. Susan Goodwyn, child development experts and best-selling parenting authors provide you with useful tips, tools and insights about the three major aspects of development: language, cognitive and social-emotional development.
Subscribe to these video tips here.
Boost your baby's memory skills - with your video camera
Watch this short video to learn how you can turn your video camera into a wonderful teaching tool for your baby. Child development expert Dr. Acredolo lets you in on this simple, but powerful, tip for building your baby's capacity for memory, a foundational skill for learning.
Nurturing your child's Development
In this new online video series, Dr. Linda Acredolo and Dr. Susan Goodwyn, child development experts and best-selling parenting authors provide you with useful tips, tools and insights about the three major aspects of development: language, cognitive and social-emotional development.
Subscribe to these video tips here.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Great Baby Signs article in November Parents Magazine!
There's a great article on pages 164 and 166 of the November issue of Parents Magazine about signing with babies! Dr. Acredolo is quoted throughout the article.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
How To Raise A Reader
Check out this great article from Parents.com featuring Dr. Linda Acredolo
By Kim Ratcliff
Settling into a comfy chair with your child to read a story is one of the best things about being a parent. And if you haven't already made reading a daily habit, you need to start now, since books benefit kids in so many ways. "First of all, reading with your child is a wonderful bonding experience," says Parents advisor Linda Acredolo, PhD, coauthor of Baby Minds. Your kid gets to bask in your undivided attention, which makes storytime truly magical. Reading every single day also helps your child learn to talk, expand her vocabulary, build her imagination, and get prepped for school. Our expert tips will get your child hooked on books for life.
Reading with Babies
You can't start the reading habit too early. At 3 to 6 months, your baby will be
more interested in chewing her board books, but by the end of her first year, she'll probably pick out favorites.
What They Learn
When you turn pages with your baby in your arms, she'll associate books with snuggling. "As an infant, she's learning to value books because it means she gets to cuddle with her mom or dad," says Dr. Acredolo. But most important, reading to a young baby ultimately helps her learn to talk. She begins to connect pictures with words. At 9 months, she'll be able to home in on your tone of voice, cadence, and the length of sentences. "Parents help a baby learn language by speaking to her often, with varied vocabulary and about topics she finds interesting," says Parents advisor Kathleen McCartney, PhD, professor of early-childhood development at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Make Reading Fun
By Kim Ratcliff
Settling into a comfy chair with your child to read a story is one of the best things about being a parent. And if you haven't already made reading a daily habit, you need to start now, since books benefit kids in so many ways. "First of all, reading with your child is a wonderful bonding experience," says Parents advisor Linda Acredolo, PhD, coauthor of Baby Minds. Your kid gets to bask in your undivided attention, which makes storytime truly magical. Reading every single day also helps your child learn to talk, expand her vocabulary, build her imagination, and get prepped for school. Our expert tips will get your child hooked on books for life.
Reading with Babies
You can't start the reading habit too early. At 3 to 6 months, your baby will be
more interested in chewing her board books, but by the end of her first year, she'll probably pick out favorites.What They Learn
When you turn pages with your baby in your arms, she'll associate books with snuggling. "As an infant, she's learning to value books because it means she gets to cuddle with her mom or dad," says Dr. Acredolo. But most important, reading to a young baby ultimately helps her learn to talk. She begins to connect pictures with words. At 9 months, she'll be able to home in on your tone of voice, cadence, and the length of sentences. "Parents help a baby learn language by speaking to her often, with varied vocabulary and about topics she finds interesting," says Parents advisor Kathleen McCartney, PhD, professor of early-childhood development at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Make Reading Fun
- Go for the right touch (and taste!). Babies learn through their senses, so buy cardboard or cloth books that they can put in their mouth.
- Face it. Infants love looking at pictures of faces, especially those of other babies.
- Be silly. Is there a phone in the story? Say, "Ring, ring. Hello? I'm sorry Olivia can't take your call; she's in a meeting."
- Point out things in the real world. When you're taking a walk, talk about stuff you've read about in books. "See the doggie?" This will help her begin to associate the word "dog" with her picture book and the live creature in front of her.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Welcome to our Baby Signs Blog!
Everyone at the Baby Signs home office was thrilled to see all the comments in response to our contest! We especially loved reading about favorite products. My own personal favorite is BeeBo, our teaching puppet. I remember the very first set of 10 BeeBos we created in Susan Goodwyn's (co-founder with me of the Baby Signs Program) living room. We had purchased 10 big Teddy Bears, 10 sweatshirts, and 10 sets of gloves at Walmart. We then had to cut all the bears' arms off and cut wholes in the backs of the sweatshirts so that the human's arms could become BeeBo's. It was quite an assembly line! Even those first make-shift BeeBos were a big hit--and the rest, as they say, is history.
Happy Signing!
Linda
Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, the Baby Signs Program
Happy Signing!
Linda
Linda Acredolo, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, the Baby Signs Program
BeeBo then . . . and today!
Friday, August 14, 2009
Contest! Win a V.Smile Baby™ Infant Development System from Baby Signs, Inc.
Win a V.Smile Baby™ Infant Development System for your baby!V.Smile Baby provides fun and enriching ways for parents to interact and learn with their babies. Parents plug the console into the TV and insert their baby's favorite Smartridge™ (Learn & Discover Home Smartridge™ is included). Together, parent and baby play with the activity panel to interact with the delightful learning environments they see on the TV screen. With V.Smile Baby, you can share the joy and excitement of learning as you watch your baby grow.
V.Smile Baby Infant Development System teaches numbers, shapes, colors, animals and signs. Dr. Susan Goodwyn and Dr. Linda Acredolo, authors’ of Baby Signs: How To Talk With Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, have helped VTech provide a great start for signing with your baby.How to Enter
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