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It’s like looking in a mirror. 🪞 Check out the joint attention between this little one (10 weeks) and her big brother - who’s teaching an absolute master class in how to stimulate baby’s brain. I mean, are these two locked in or what? Brother is at baby’s level,... show more

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Dan Wuori2 years ago

Hi! If you’re new around here and seeing this on your “For You” feed, I’m @DanWuori. I work in early childhood policy and tweet about early education and child development. Need more of this in your life? Check out my timeline and give me a follow.

Heidi A Hill2 years ago

I know there’s a lesson here, but they are so stinking cute that I can’t think of anything else. 😍

Luke2 years ago

This is the best! I love when your videos correlate directly with the stage we’re at with our baby (9 weeks). We were just doing this exact thing this morning!

Dan Wuori2 years ago

Take lots of video to remember it by!

Lucy Stone2 years ago

This is so beautiful. Those baby coos are balm for the soul. 💖💖💖

Nicola Burkinshaw2 years ago

That is absolutely beautiful! Cheered up my miserable timeline no end, thanks!

Dan Wuori2 years ago

X needs a little more sunshine.

Robert Gangi2 years ago

@womanworried Siblings call & response performance starting early. Loving. Impressive.

Sadie Molly Honey & Mom2 years ago

They are adorable. She's trying so hard to talk to him.

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A couple weeks ago, I shared a story about a woman who took a class to chaperone at the California Science Center—only to find a man in the women’s restroom. When she raised her concerns, they brushed her off as “just her opinion.” I met up with her and returned to the Science Center to ask about changes and future plans. It’s about action, not attention. Stay tuned—this is part one @californiasciencecenter

Tish Hyman

54,372 views • 7 months ago

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There is nothing babies love more than faces. And this is doubly true for those of their most significant caregivers. Watch how mesmerized this little one is by her mother - and how carefully she studies the shape and movement of Mom’s face as she serenades her. Turns out, babies have very specific preferences here. Research suggests that newborns prefer looking at faces that are: - socially relevant to them (faces with direct gaze compared to faces with averted gaze), - happy faces compared to neutral facial expressions, - and, even shortly after birth, already strongly favor their mother’s face to that of a stranger. So always look for opportunities to sit face-to-face. There’s nothing your baby would rather look at than YOU. Film miravideo via TT.

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154,402 views • 1 year ago

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🗣️: Did you feel worried in the scenes where you had to look at her face or anything like that? #janeeyeh #KaoJaneJaneKao JY: Not at all! I just felt that phi is so beautiful. It’s like looking at someone beautiful just makes me happy. She’s really stunning. 🗣️: What’s beautiful about her? JY: Her eyes are sweet, her nose is sharp, her chin is pointed, her lips are plump, her face is small, her hair is thick. She’s perfect. 🗣️: Did you ever feel like… getting a little ‘refill’ with her? ** JY: Well, sometimes (laughs). 🗣️: So how do you find the chance? JY: Actually, I tried to find opportunities, find reasons to meet up, like, “Do you want to sing together?” or “Do you want to do a cover?” or just go do this or that together. But P’Kao doesn’t really have much free time, so we try to make time whenever we can. Whenever we’re free, we’ll plan to do something together. Note: ** “getting a little refill with her” basically means wanting to “top up” her connection with Kao, either by spending time together, getting closer, or doing something with her.

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🗣️: Did you feel worried in the scenes where you had to look at her face or anything like that? #janeeyeh #KaoJaneJaneKao JY: Not at all! I just felt that phi is so beautiful. It’s like looking at someone beautiful just makes me happy. She’s really stunning. 🗣️: What’s beautiful about her? JY: Her eyes are sweet, her nose is sharp, her chin is pointed, her lips are plump, her face is small, her hair is thick. She’s perfect. 🗣️: Did you ever feel like… getting a little ‘refill’ with her? JY: Well, sometimes (laughs). 🗣️: So how do you find the chance? JY: Actually, I tried to find opportunities, find reasons to meet up, like, “Do you want to sing together?” or “Do you want to do a cover?” or just go do this or that together. But P’Kao doesn’t really have much free time, so we try to make time whenever we can. Whenever we’re free, we’ll plan to do something together. Note: “getting a little refill with her” basically means wanting to “top up” her connection with Kao, either by spending time together, getting closer, or doing something with her.

Mami Penguin

166,674 views • 9 months ago

From 0 to 60 in X seconds… For years that’s been one of the benchmarks used by auto manufacturers to describe the rapid acceleration of the world’s most powerful cars. It’s also a perfect metaphor to wrap up two weeks of posts focused on the language acquisition of young children. Babies enter the world with cries and gurgles… advance rapidly to complex forms of babbling, and generally speak their first words within a year. Their vocabularies growing exponentially, they begin stringing simple sentences together shortly thereafter and by two years of age, become surprisingly powerful little communicators. From 0 to 60 in just a little more than 24 months. It’s really amazing to witness. I began this series with video of a baby’s first sounds, captured in a hospital maternity ward. So what better way to conclude it than with an example of the end result? I got such a kick out of listening to this little one, age two, discussing her exasperation over the family dog’s need to bark at… well, everything. Check out not only her complex vocabulary and grammar, but her expression and tone… The way her personality is exposed through her vocalizations. Listening to her it’s hard to imagine that roughly 18 months prior she’d not yet spoken a single conventional word. Talk about acceleration! 🏎️ Of course this isn’t truly the end point for language development. Her vocabulary will continue to grow throughout her lifetime, for example… but the foundations of her lifelong success have been laid… transforming not only her ability to communicate but the very ways she is able to think. Language is arguably humankind’s most powerful tool. And it’s mastered rapidly by its most efficient and precocious little learners. This fantastic video was shared to IG by harperraeels.

From 0 to 60 in X seconds… For years that’s been one of the benchmarks used by auto manufacturers to describe the rapid acceleration of the world’s most powerful cars. It’s also a perfect metaphor to wrap up two weeks of posts focused on the language acquisition of young children. Babies enter the world with cries and gurgles… advance rapidly to complex forms of babbling, and generally speak their first words within a year. Their vocabularies growing exponentially, they begin stringing simple sentences together shortly thereafter and by two years of age, become surprisingly powerful little communicators. From 0 to 60 in just a little more than 24 months. It’s really amazing to witness. I began this series with video of a baby’s first sounds, captured in a hospital maternity ward. So what better way to conclude it than with an example of the end result? I got such a kick out of listening to this little one, age two, discussing her exasperation over the family dog’s need to bark at… well, everything. Check out not only her complex vocabulary and grammar, but her expression and tone… The way her personality is exposed through her vocalizations. Listening to her it’s hard to imagine that roughly 18 months prior she’d not yet spoken a single conventional word. Talk about acceleration! 🏎️ Of course this isn’t truly the end point for language development. Her vocabulary will continue to grow throughout her lifetime, for example… but the foundations of her lifelong success have been laid… transforming not only her ability to communicate but the very ways she is able to think. Language is arguably humankind’s most powerful tool. And it’s mastered rapidly by its most efficient and precocious little learners. This fantastic video was shared to IG by harperraeels.

Dan Wuori

101,413 views • 1 year ago