This seminar on early brain development and language acquisition is designed for pregnant moms and young parents with infants or toddlers.
Speaker: Sam TS Chow, former Assistant Commissioner for Labour (1990-2004); Founder, Le Beaumont Language Centre (2004 - present).
Saturday, Jan 16, 23, 30. Reservation required.
10 - 11:30 a.m., 6/F Sands Building, 17 Hankow Rd, TST. Tel: 2376 1808
2 - 3:30 p.m., 5/F Tower One, Admiralty Centre. Tel: 2866 2028
Gems on the Net - video clips you should not miss. (copy & paste)
1. U of Washington, Dr Patricia Kuhl on brain development, 5 mins
http://kcts9.org/video/doctor-patricia-kuhl-brain-development-babies
2. U of Washington, Dr Andrew Meltzoff on the importance of play, 6 mins
http://kcts9.org/video/doctor-andrew-meltzoff-importance-play-early-learning
3. U of Oregon, Changing Brains: Language 9 mins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMOHtSkSPfA
4. U of North Carolina, The Abecedarian Project 6 mins
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~abc/FPG_ABC-video.cfm
Recommended reading: 卡爾維特的教育理論 青藤出版社
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards (Book of the Year, US, 2003)
10.1.10
Bilingualism and Language Delay?
As a Manhattan-based speech - language therapist, half of my caseload typically contains children speaking two or even three languages.
Parents of bilingual children are often concerned that they have fostered a language delay. This is particularly pressing when their toddler doesn't seem to be using as many words, or is not speaking using the complex sentences of their peers.
As De Houwer (1999) summarizes, "There is no scientific evidence to date that hearing two or more languages leads to delays or disorders in language acquisition. Many, many children throughout the world grow up with two or more languages from infancy without showing any signs of language delays or disorder".
http://www.sayandplayfamily.com/2010/01/bilingualism-and-language-delay.html
Parents of bilingual children are often concerned that they have fostered a language delay. This is particularly pressing when their toddler doesn't seem to be using as many words, or is not speaking using the complex sentences of their peers.
As De Houwer (1999) summarizes, "There is no scientific evidence to date that hearing two or more languages leads to delays or disorders in language acquisition. Many, many children throughout the world grow up with two or more languages from infancy without showing any signs of language delays or disorder".
http://www.sayandplayfamily.com/2010/01/bilingualism-and-language-delay.html
8.1.10
How a Baby's Social Skills Develop
Those First Months
Infants begin developing social skills by studying the faces around them. Most babies are fascinated by faces, attracted most to those of people who smile at them. Babies prefer to look at happy faces, and at people who make direct eye contact with them. This is an infant's first step toward reading and interpreting facial expressions. Your baby learns to smile by watching you smile. When you smile back, you're encouraging her to interact with you. You can help your baby develop socially by giving her plenty of love and affection. Those cooing and babbling sounds she makes are another aspect of her early socialization. Talk to your baby often. Keep in mind she is learning from everything she sees and hears.
Even though babies are too young to play with other children, they like to watch them play.
Playing with your baby provides her with opportunities to interact. Once she's old enough to begin playing with other children, your baby starts to learn social skills as she feels increasingly comfortable in her environment. Joining a play group is one way to provide your child with the opportunity to relate to other babies her own age.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/31244-babys-social-skills-develop/
Find out more from the Parenting Seminar on Saturday. Tel: 28 66 20 28
Infants begin developing social skills by studying the faces around them. Most babies are fascinated by faces, attracted most to those of people who smile at them. Babies prefer to look at happy faces, and at people who make direct eye contact with them. This is an infant's first step toward reading and interpreting facial expressions. Your baby learns to smile by watching you smile. When you smile back, you're encouraging her to interact with you. You can help your baby develop socially by giving her plenty of love and affection. Those cooing and babbling sounds she makes are another aspect of her early socialization. Talk to your baby often. Keep in mind she is learning from everything she sees and hears.
Even though babies are too young to play with other children, they like to watch them play.
Playing with your baby provides her with opportunities to interact. Once she's old enough to begin playing with other children, your baby starts to learn social skills as she feels increasingly comfortable in her environment. Joining a play group is one way to provide your child with the opportunity to relate to other babies her own age.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/31244-babys-social-skills-develop/
Find out more from the Parenting Seminar on Saturday. Tel: 28 66 20 28
7.1.10
'One in six' children in UK have difficulty learning to talk
4% of children had not said their first word by three.
Nearly one in six children - and almost one quarter of boys - have difficulty learning to talk, research suggests.
A YouGov online survey of 1,015 parents found only half of children with speech problems received expert help.
The survey, for England's first "Communication Champion" Jean Gross, found some three-year-olds were unable to say a single word.
Ms Gross said the proportion of children with problems is "high" and that getting help early was essential.
"Our ability to communicate is fundamental and underpins everything else. Learning to talk is one of the most important skills a child can master in the 21st Century," she said.
"The proportion of children who have difficulty learning to talk and understand speech is high, particularly among boys.
"It is essential that all children get the help they need from skilled professionals as early as possible."
Six out of 10 people questioned for the survey said the ability to talk, listen and understand was the most important skill for children to develop in the early years.
This priority came ahead of the ability to interact with others (26%), reading skills (11%), numeracy skills (2%) and writing skills (1%).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8436236.stm
4 January 2010
Research at Le Beaumont Language Centre over the past 5 years indicates that children's ability to talk is closely related to their language exposure in the first 8 months after birth. Babies born to high income, highly educated parents are at higher risks because there is a greater chance of both parents working full time and hence away from home.
Difficulty to talk reflects retarded brain development due to lack of language stimulation and sufficient social interaction with people. Playgroups are vital to babies born to couples both pursuing their own careers. Babies should start joining playgroups as early as possible, and in as many types of languages as possible, to develop their EQ, IQ and unbelievable language potential.
Find out more about this vital subject at this Saturday's Parenting Seminar in the Admiralty. Tel: 28 66 20 28.
Nearly one in six children - and almost one quarter of boys - have difficulty learning to talk, research suggests.
A YouGov online survey of 1,015 parents found only half of children with speech problems received expert help.
The survey, for England's first "Communication Champion" Jean Gross, found some three-year-olds were unable to say a single word.
Ms Gross said the proportion of children with problems is "high" and that getting help early was essential.
"Our ability to communicate is fundamental and underpins everything else. Learning to talk is one of the most important skills a child can master in the 21st Century," she said.
"The proportion of children who have difficulty learning to talk and understand speech is high, particularly among boys.
"It is essential that all children get the help they need from skilled professionals as early as possible."
Six out of 10 people questioned for the survey said the ability to talk, listen and understand was the most important skill for children to develop in the early years.
This priority came ahead of the ability to interact with others (26%), reading skills (11%), numeracy skills (2%) and writing skills (1%).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8436236.stm
4 January 2010
Research at Le Beaumont Language Centre over the past 5 years indicates that children's ability to talk is closely related to their language exposure in the first 8 months after birth. Babies born to high income, highly educated parents are at higher risks because there is a greater chance of both parents working full time and hence away from home.
Difficulty to talk reflects retarded brain development due to lack of language stimulation and sufficient social interaction with people. Playgroups are vital to babies born to couples both pursuing their own careers. Babies should start joining playgroups as early as possible, and in as many types of languages as possible, to develop their EQ, IQ and unbelievable language potential.
Find out more about this vital subject at this Saturday's Parenting Seminar in the Admiralty. Tel: 28 66 20 28.
6.1.10
Trade makes a knowledge of more languages important
Trade makes a knowledge of more languages important, says Children's Secretary Ed Balls.
Mandarin 'should be available' for all English pupils. All secondary school pupils in England should have the chance to learn a less familiar language such as Mandarin.
Mandarin has become increasingly popular in schools.
Making it more widely available is an "aspiration" rather than a pledge - and could mean schools and colleges sharing specialist language teaching staff.
Mr Balls highlighted the economic importance of learning languages.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8439959.stm 4 January 2010
The best time to learn languages is in the early years, the earlier the better.
Find out more at the Parenting Seminar on Saturday. Tel:28 66 20 28.
Mandarin 'should be available' for all English pupils. All secondary school pupils in England should have the chance to learn a less familiar language such as Mandarin.
Mandarin has become increasingly popular in schools.
Making it more widely available is an "aspiration" rather than a pledge - and could mean schools and colleges sharing specialist language teaching staff.
Mr Balls highlighted the economic importance of learning languages.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8439959.stm 4 January 2010
The best time to learn languages is in the early years, the earlier the better.
Find out more at the Parenting Seminar on Saturday. Tel:28 66 20 28.
1.1.10
Early childhood is important for human development
December 31, 2009 12:30 PM
Early childhood is important for human development, and adult attention to the needs of children has lead to improvements in children's health and education. As a scientist, I spend a lot of time studying how and what children are learning as they interact with their parents and others.
It is likely that what humans enter the world with is a general ability to learn. We have an amazing ability to be able to pick up on various things that are happening in the environment and remember them and group them together. As a result of these very, very powerful abilities to learn, what we're able to do is master lots of different complex behaviors--reading emotions, understanding basic physics, decoding language. If human infants are indeed born with highly effective learning abilities, when we're interacting with our children we are teaching them.
The big picture is that children are very active learners. Learning does not mean just numbers and letters. It also means learning about relationships. We have to learn how to communicate to others how we feel, how to read the signals that others are sending to us ...
As a parent, what I try to do is to use situations as moments to help children master social communication, love, understanding, empathy because these are not things we are born with, they are skills that emerge with practice.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-seth-pollak/pbs-this-emotional-life-a_b_408330.html
Babies learn through social interaction with people, at home and in playgroups. Talk to your baby more. Play with your baby. Arrange your baby to join a playgroup during weekdays when you are away at work. Your baby will flourish with rich language stimulation and exposure. Find out more at the Saturday Parenting Seminar. Tel: 2866 2028.
Early childhood is important for human development, and adult attention to the needs of children has lead to improvements in children's health and education. As a scientist, I spend a lot of time studying how and what children are learning as they interact with their parents and others.
It is likely that what humans enter the world with is a general ability to learn. We have an amazing ability to be able to pick up on various things that are happening in the environment and remember them and group them together. As a result of these very, very powerful abilities to learn, what we're able to do is master lots of different complex behaviors--reading emotions, understanding basic physics, decoding language. If human infants are indeed born with highly effective learning abilities, when we're interacting with our children we are teaching them.
The big picture is that children are very active learners. Learning does not mean just numbers and letters. It also means learning about relationships. We have to learn how to communicate to others how we feel, how to read the signals that others are sending to us ...
As a parent, what I try to do is to use situations as moments to help children master social communication, love, understanding, empathy because these are not things we are born with, they are skills that emerge with practice.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-seth-pollak/pbs-this-emotional-life-a_b_408330.html
Babies learn through social interaction with people, at home and in playgroups. Talk to your baby more. Play with your baby. Arrange your baby to join a playgroup during weekdays when you are away at work. Your baby will flourish with rich language stimulation and exposure. Find out more at the Saturday Parenting Seminar. Tel: 2866 2028.
New Year 2010 celebrations take place around the world
Happy New Year to you and your family!
Countries around the world are holding celebratory events to welcome in 2010.
New Year arrived first in the South Pacific. At midnight local time (1100 GMT) fireworks were set off over Auckland's Sky Tower in New Zealand.
A massive fireworks display has taken place in Sydney, Australia, with some 5,000kg of explosives sent up around around the famous harbour bridge.
Fireworks were launched from the bridge, from boats in the harbour and from buildings around the waterfront. An estimated 1.5 million attended the city's dramatic show.
See the firework in Auckland, Sydney, Taipei and HK at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8436016.stm?ls
Le Beaumont welcomes babies born in 2019 and 2010 to join its Gifted Babies program. Develop the full potential of your child. Find out more about this cutting edge program at the Parenting Seminar on coming Saturday. Tel: 2866 2028.
Countries around the world are holding celebratory events to welcome in 2010.
New Year arrived first in the South Pacific. At midnight local time (1100 GMT) fireworks were set off over Auckland's Sky Tower in New Zealand.
A massive fireworks display has taken place in Sydney, Australia, with some 5,000kg of explosives sent up around around the famous harbour bridge.
Fireworks were launched from the bridge, from boats in the harbour and from buildings around the waterfront. An estimated 1.5 million attended the city's dramatic show.
See the firework in Auckland, Sydney, Taipei and HK at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8436016.stm?ls
Le Beaumont welcomes babies born in 2019 and 2010 to join its Gifted Babies program. Develop the full potential of your child. Find out more about this cutting edge program at the Parenting Seminar on coming Saturday. Tel: 2866 2028.
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