VILLAGE: Rhythm Of My Day Week 1

FOUNDATIONS OF LEARNING

BAREFOOT IS BEST: Your baby learns much about the world through touch. The skin on the bottoms of the feet is especially sensitive, allowing lots of sensory input for baby.

BONDING BETWEEN ADULT & BABY: The human face is of great interest to babies, especially infants. The eyes, eyebrows, and mouth fascinate them and keep their attention. Being in position to focus on the adults face helps your baby feel calm and secure and can foster bonding between you and your baby.

SIGN LANGUAGE: From early in infancy, it is evident that babies are aware of their environment and have the desire to communicate. Introducing signing to hearing babies has the benefit of allowing adults and babies to communicate before a baby’s vocal chords are developed enough to speak. This silent communication raises self esteem, eliminates the frustration of not being able to communicate and engages your baby as an active participant in the learning environment.

ROCKING: Rocking has many advantages for babies. It soothes, provides rhythmic motion, and promotes muscular strength, control, balance, and lateralization (development of the right and left sides of the body).

MOVEMENT VARIETY: The opportunity to experience movement variety gives babies a chance to see the world from many perspectives, thus strengthening neural pathways.

BENEFITS OF RITUALS FOR BABY:
1. Rituals provide a safe and secure environment for baby’s development in all domains.
2. Rituals develop baby’s sense of identity, family traditions and memories, cultural heritage and values.
3. Rituals give baby a solid foundation which will assist her in adapting to and coping with change.

ROUND: In a round, one singer or group begins to sing a melody which is composed to harmonize with itself during upcoming phrases. At a designated point, a second singer or group begins to sing, starting at the beginning of the song and so on until all parts have entered. Each group will continue to sing their part, repeating the song numerous times, until the first singer or group ceases singing ending the song at an agreed number of repetitions. The net groups will consecutively end in the order in which they began.