kkanen, 2001, pp. 26-28).
Four Things You Need to Know about Raising Baby: This article discusses childhood development in the first four months. The article opposes the belief that teaching children intellectual activities this early in life develops their learning ability. Rather, the article contends that research suggests that the child's emotional development is of greater importance during these early months. Developing that particular quality will stimulate the child's brain for optimum emotional and intellectual growth throughout his or her life (Lipari, 2000, p. 34). Throughout, the article stresses the importance of emotional development at this early stage.
The World of the Senses: This article maintains that children are born with well-developed sensory systems. For example, the writer contends that newborns can distinguish the smell of lilacs from gasoline or the sounds of her native tongue from all others (Raymond, 2000, p. 37). Children continue to develop their sensory apparatus
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