Developmental Information and Activities for Infants

This episode is all about the Learn With Less™ curriculum (formerly known as The Heart of It Curriculum), which is a week-by-week development and activity guide for playing with your baby from birth to three years.  Get Access to the Learn With Less™ Curriculum! Outline of this week’s episode. Your experience with this episode can be enhanced by watching the complementary video, linked below. If you are interested in watching specific portions, please scroll down for time signatures to help you navigate the video.  0:00 – 0:46 Introduction to today’s discussion, which will focus on outlining exactly what Learn With Less™ is, and what you can expect. I’ve already given you the background about what it is and what its intended purpose is I’ve given you an opportunity to hear from a few different recipients of the curriculum about their experiences here and here. I’ve told you about why I created it. 0:47 – 3:08 our parent education curriculum enriches babies with simple activities, but also enriches parent experience. Basic outline of what you receive with Learn With Less™, describes each aspect, including the “Monthly Consultation” add-on 3:09 – 5:29 Summary of one mother’s experience both before and after having access to Learn With Less™ – when we have access to high quality information, it encourages confidence in us, and encourages us to continue to engage with our babies 5:30 – 6:46 What is the basis for the Learn With Less™ curriculum? What kind of information will I be receiving? The “science” and the “art” of parenting. 6:47 – 8:02 Curriculum examples: here’s what we’re going to look at today – one module from each age range and one module from each developmental domain 8:03 – 11:52: 0 – 3 month baby enrichment module example and accompanying family activity example featured in video We know infants learn holistically, so although each module might focus on one developmental area, the learning involved also influences other developmental domains 11:53 – 14:27: 3 – 6 month baby enrichment module example and accompanying family activity example featured in video 14:28 – 19:10: 6 – 12 month baby enrichment module example and accompanying family activity example featured in video 19:11 – 22:05: 6 – 12 month enrichment module example and accompanying family activity example featured in video 23:16 – 24:3 Music is such a wonderful way to support your baby’s learning and to enhance the interaction bet...