At this age stage, baby learn the best as their brain is expanding and they have the capabilities to absorb input information better due to their vast brain neurons. If these neurons are not use, it will die off and discard from the body system like dead cells.
parents explaining how does the chocolate conching machine works while the baby look on
parents reading the history of the artifacts to the baby during the field trip
After the museum visit, we head back to the center for the next indoor activity. We start off the class after all the babies are well fed.
The theme for the class is "personal possession". We are introducing personal items to the children. We did reading using Glenn Doman read program.
After the reading session, we proceed to the sing-a-long session. We have altered the nursery rhyme of yankee-doodle into "my super pillow" to suit our theme. parents take turns to sing along to their babies (we encourage parents to practice that at home to reinforce learning). Sing along also helps babies in language development and enjoyment of learning.
After the reading session, we then proceed to the 5 senses pathway class. Where babies will choose their own paper bag and then parents will explain what is the item inside the bag while the baby are exploring with it. example: this is a hard brush, can you feel how hard is the brush bristles (rub the brush bristles against the baby cheeks, foot and etc). Baby learn best through senses and the information retain better through experiential learning.
We wrap off the day class session with "messy ice painting". All of our class painting, we only use natural color based from fruits or food coloring. We do not use toxin paint in case if babies or toddler put them in their mouth. For this class, we use fruit puree as the color based, freeze them and used it for the painting. during this session, babies learn of the sensation of cold, name of colors and shapes while they create their master piece!
