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Watch how babies think and process the world around them. Topics include memory development, attention spans, early learning patterns and recognising potential delays.

Babies and Attention

How responsive parenting and consistent attention in a baby's early months shapes their development and sense of security.

Babies as Active Learners

Babies learn far more than we once thought, picking up knowledge from every sight, sound, and sensation with help from the people around them.

Babies' Awareness of Other People

Your baby develops awareness of people from birth onwards, starting with recognition of your voice and heartbeat in the womb.

Babies' Short and Long-Term Memory

Babies retain more information than once thought, forming memories and attachments from birth as their recall abilities grow with age.

Can Watching Children's TV Affect Learning and Development?

How TV watching might impact your child's learning and development, and what parents should know about screen time.

Educational Toys for Babies

The best educational toys stimulate babies' senses and support early learning through sight, sound, touch and more.

Educational Videos and Software

How to pick educational videos and software that challenge kids without overwhelming them while balancing screen time with real-world experiences.

Learning Disabilities in Children

Kids with learning disabilities aren't less intelligent, but may struggle with reading, writing, math, or processing information in school.

Music and Cognitive Development

Research shows children who take music lessons score higher on intelligence, literacy and math tests than their peers.

Object Permanence and Infants

Babies gradually learn that people and objects still exist even when they can't see them, a milestone that typically happens around 8 to 9 months old.

Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

Piaget's four stages of child development explain how kids learn to think and understand the world from birth through adolescence.

The Young Child's Theory of Mind

Young children start understanding emotions and what others think around age two, earlier than many experts believed.

What Do Babies' Understand?

Newborns start with basic needs but quickly develop awareness of their surroundings and form bonds with caregivers.

Wooden Toys and Child Development

Wooden toys build your child's motor skills, problem-solving abilities, and keep them away from screens with toys that last for years.