Anyone know of any advanced education/stimulation materials for babies?
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I read your answer on paul meeting christ.\nyou seem open minded and level headed, you will do your childs education the most good.\n\nBut to answer your question.\n\nWhen a baby is born, despite popular belief, their eyes work just fine. It's just that each eye is independant. If you believe in evolution, we all came from prey animals with side facing eyes that move independently. If you don't believe in evolution, we're all born blank dumb boxes.\n\nBaby's first learning task (apart from food) is triangulation of the eyes. Move one eye to the edge of an object, then move other eye to same edge. Then try to move both eyes in unison to follow that edge.\n\nTo help your child develop this skill, draw black and white pictures (swirls, smiley face, waves, basic geometry, pythagorases 3,4,5 triangle with squares drawn in) with a thick texta and put them around the cot. I know she is 4 months old, and she can see just fine now, but in our plasterboard homes, that contrast could be exactly what she need to cement in a few extra neural pathways. This most basic thing improves spacial awareness and i.q. a lot more than most things.\n\nAt six months go to colour pictures.\n\nNext, take her camping. The best way to learn physics is experience. You can't get that in a house. Feel the force of wind on your body. See the delay in the branches moving and you hearing the noise. Bend sticks until they break to learn about bending forces.\n\nShow her reality. The most fundamental knowledge. Pour water from cup to cup, play in sand pits and make bridges out of sand. You don't need to spend money.
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I don't know of DVDs, but you might want to check out Rosetta Stone software.  It's very photo-based and includes pronunciation, so it would work well for even young children, but you'd have to lead them through it.
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http://www.boowakwala.com/\nhttp://members.tripod.com/nursery_school/\nhttp://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/control_page/front2.htm\nhttp://pbskids.org/lions/\nhttp://pbskids.org/clifford/\nhttp://pbskids.org/clifford/index.html\nAnd my favorite:\nhttp://www.primarygames.com/
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The best way is to relate all topics (holistic approach), for instance, depending on the age, let them do their own small books, let them do some short anecdotes using the computer, word recognition is possible to sing some songs and recognize words, let them write words in sand boxes.\n\n____________________________________\nNeed help or advise? Elektronic help online is the solution !\nMessenger: fxgonzal@hotmail.com\nCheap rates by the hour.
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For preschoolers, I would have a lot of action and songs.  Examples would include showing them and having them practice Stop Drop and Roll.  Feel free to email me for a cute short song that you could teach them.  Another idea is to have plastic items (from a toy bag purchased at the Dollar Store or Big Lots).  Have them name the different items...firefighter, fire truck, ambulance, etc.  End with a short story...I have various titles in my fire box and would be happy to share with you the titles...Clifford is just one off hand and it comes with a tape.  Another activity you could do for them is to go to the local fire dept and see if they would allow you to record various sounds...sirens, 911 operator, the person who announces a fire, water, maybe a firedog barking etc... or take your video camera or even camera to take photos.  Perhaps you could even arrange for them to visit your school or you go to them.  Also, ask them if they have any coloring books.  One last thought, try various websites for coloring pages and lesson plans (educational sites).  Have fun!!!!!
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Here is a site that has alot of science experiments that work well with the elementary age group.\n\nhttp://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
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http://www.autismtoilettraining.com \nI have not looked at the site myself, but it came up on an ad for something else I was looking at, hopefully it will help! I had my autistic son completely out of diapers by the time he was 27 months old, but your situation is more normal with autism. It just happened that Tim was oversensitive to sensory input, so he HATED wearing wet underwear. I don't know how much of this will apply to you, but I'll tell you what I did anyway. Everyone on here that said to be really consistent with a reward system is right on target, that's about the only way to get through an autistic brain, and the sillier you are, the better! Find a treat that he really likes and by a bag, and only use it for potty training, no other time. Skittles was what we used. He got three skittles for sitting on the toilet and I spaced them out so that he was sitting for about five minutes. NO pullups or diapers during the day at home, only underwear, and I ran water in the sink while he was sitting. If he actually did something, he got another skittle, and we made a huge deal out of it! Then, he got one sticker put on a chart for sitting and one for going. If he doesn't go,then he still gets SOMETHING just for cooperating with you. I took him as soon as he woke up and every hour after that, and I asked him all through the day if he had to go. That's all you can really do, unless the link I sent you to has other ideas. Hope this helps! I do my own therapy with him, he's never seen a professional, and he is doing WONDERFULLY. I will be homeschooling him, and we're officially starting pre-school next month. We spent last year just working out behavior problems so that we could focus on academics this year. Contact me if you just need to vent!
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The best shape activity that worked for my son at this age was a shape sorter. They can picked up at any toy store or Walmart/Target/K-Mart. \n\nIt is a plastic box or ball with holes cutout in various shapes. There are plastic pieces that fit inside of each cutout. The child has to match the shape to the cutout and slide it insde the shape sorter.\n\nIt's fun and easy.....I would name the shapes as he placed them inside so eventually he learned the names of the shapes....hearing it and seeing it at the same time makes a huge difference!\n\nGood luck!
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With out know which impairment the child has I can only offer a generalization.\n\nThink about the activity and which senses it involves.\nWhat do you want the child to learn?\nCan the activity be accomplished using other senses?\n\nThink of it like solving a puzzle and Try imposing the same impairment on yourself and experiment with different ways to achieve what effect you want.
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Let your child watch the "Multiplication Rock" series of the old "Schoolhouse Rock" videos.  They are easy to get on DVD and are reasonably priced.\n\nThe animations, songs and little tidbits of information they share in the videos are fun to watch and some of the tunes manage to get "stuck in your head" (which is good for remembering).\n\nI recall remembering a lot of the songs in order to recite my 'times' tables back in the days of elementary school.
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Leapster products\nChutes and Ladders\nWheels on the Bus\nHi Ho Cherrio\nLittle Golden Books\nWinnie the Pooh\nWhere the Wild things are\nThese were some of our favorites!\n\neBay has a guide of toys seperated by age that has some really good suggestions also
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check this website, it probably help you, if you find more source let me know too\n\nwww.englishbaby.com
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Child care\nMusic or Art (or any) Lessons\nWoodworking
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Curriculum, Lesson Plans, Colouring Links & Fun Stuff.\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.wplwloo.lib.ia.us/kids.html\n\nhttp://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/kidstuff.html\n\nhttp://www.crayola.com/educators/lessons/index.cfm\n\nhttp://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/science/index.html\n\nhttp://www.mardar.us/\n\nhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/\n\nhttp://www.underfives.co.uk/wshtalph.html\n\nhttp://www.rhymes.org.uk/\n\nhttp://www.didyouknow.org/animals/animals.htm\n\nhttp://www.allpopularsites.com/cartoons.htm\n\nhttp://www.coloring-page.com/\n\nhttp://www.coloring.ws/\n\nhttp://www.funbrain.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.letsreadclyde.com/\n\nhttp://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/\n\nhttp://www.starfall.com\n\nhttp://www.pbskids.org\n\nhttp://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/3-5.htm\n\nhttp://www.schoolexpress.com/\n\nhttp://gamequarium.com/\n\nhttp://jambav.com/\n\nhttp://www.fisher-price.com/us/\n\nhttp://www.allpopularsites.com/kids.htm\n\nTHANKSGIVING & PILGRIM WEB SITES\n\nhttp://www.cumbavac.org/Thanksgiving.htm\n\nThe Mask—A West African Ceremonial Object\n\nhttp://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1985/6/85.06.06.x.html\n\nLESSON PLANS\n\nhttp://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/resourcematerials/Resources/\n\nhttp://go.hrw.com/ndNSAPI.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?sr9+rubrics\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanz.com/\n\nhttp://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/teachers/starters.html\n\nhttp://www.sitesforteachers.com/\n\nhttp://www.4teachers.org/\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanet.com/\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/\n\nhttp://www.teachingideas.co.uk/\n\nhttp://www.canteach.ca/\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/WriteLessonPlan.htm\n\nCivil War\n\nThe following lesson plan for an upper elementary unit on the Civil War contains links to other Internet sites that can provide valuable cross-curricular materials for you and your students.\n\nhttp://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.html\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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I would start with the basics, counting to 10, recognizing colors and some shapes, etc.  Also how to use crayons and simple things like that.  They will learn the rest.  Also, you may want to make sure the child is okay with sharing, authority figures besides the parents, etc.
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It's great to see that you are encouraging and creating an environment for your little cousin to stimulate her mind. I tried to think of a book that would be suitable, and came up with "Science Play: Beginning Discoveries for 2-To-6-Year-Olds" by Jill Frankel Hauser. You can probably find it online http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1885593201/702-4873694-5835253 or order it through your local bookstore. If you think that the book is not what you are looking for, you can always go to a very popular site for growing minds, http://www.thinkbutton.com/ If you search by age, you can find different items and books that are age appropriate for your cousin. I hope this helps and have fun!
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Hi, I'm watching my 4 yr old granddau. playing on her computer right now. I have Pajama Sam, Freddie Fish, the old Living Books disc. She has completed a couple of the Freddie Fish and PJ Sam games by her self and I can see a very big improvement in her patience and problem solving. And I picked them up cheap on e-bay. Works for me and keeps her busy. ~:)+