So This Is Christmas

Merry Christmas is such an infectious feeling I like to feel that way all year around.

So if you are visiting just before Christmas, just after Christmas or even here on Christmas day I am sure you will find something of interest for you and in the spirit of Christmas.

It may be said that Christmas is no longer a celebration but this must be spoken by people that have never had trouble closing their eyes on Christmas Eve in an expectation of what maybe left for them on the carpet under the tree.

I continue to look forward to the surprise on my Grandchild's faces to this day at Christmas events.

Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas - Merry Christmas

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Music and Learning = Smarter Babies

By Edie Mindell

Music stimulates children's thinking skills, encourages creativity, and develops musical ability. Introduce music to babies by singing, humming, and chanting. It doesn't matter if the songs are sung off-key; babies love hearing sounds, especially those made by their parents. They are also riveted by rattles and other noisemakers.

Toddlers can already clap and dance to music, so introduce them to nursery rhymes and songs they can dance to. This helps develop their motor and verbal skills.

Preschoolers love musical instruments like xylophones, drums, toy keyboards and guitars. Musical books and CD's would also be greatly appreciated.

Experimenting with sounds stimulates a child's brain. For example, parents can make a guitar out of rubber bands and a cereal box. Just stretch rubber bands of different thickness around the box and pluck to create sounds.

Musical toys, as we all know are very popular for the children. MUsical toys vary from those that produce soothing sounds to relax your baby's mind, to noise-making variety that interests the child. These toys are also designed to fit in any age group.

In newborn babies, crib mobiles are a big hit because of the soothing sounds it create that help ease and relax the baby especially during sleeping time. These mobiles are also fun to look at because of the colorful figures attached to it.

Baby rattles are also perfect as musical toys because of the varied sounds it create whenever the baby take a grasp of it and start shaking it.

Musical toys are very important for the child's development. These toys hone the child's senses and ability to create and appreciate music in any form. These toys are specifically designed to entertain the child, at the same time educate him about music.

They are designed to entertain babies in musical ways that encourage speech development, motor and skills development, and deep appreciation to the music world. Learning music is very vital for the child's proper growth development.

There are many ways to introduce music to your child. From toys, to musical CD's, and just by simply singing to him a beautiful song, your baby can be exposed and learns to appreciate music in his life. With introducing and learning music, you are opening the world to him in new and exciting ways.

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