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Every Wednesday from 9.30-11.30am St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA Tel: (0114) 274 5086 Page 10 email: office@stchads.org website: www.stchads.org
In the very beginning, it may seem that a baby does nothing but eat, sleep, cry, and fill its nappy. But the baby is learning too. It can see and hear what is happening around it and can communicate its needs and interests to others. Parents help their babies learn by playing with them. Babies have the ability to see faces and objects of different shapes, sizes, and colours. They can tell the difference between the voices of their parents and others. We’re surprised when they mould their bodies into our arms or shoulders. We marvel at how they came into the world able to suck, communicate certain needs by crying and, at times, calm down on their own. Most infants can do all of these things as soon as they are born. In fact, research shows that babies start learning in the womb. A helpless new born baby! We all love them, don’t we? A relatively blank page which will change dramatically in the first year in particular. From being this helpless newborn to becoming an active toddler, an incredible change takes place in a very short time. During the first few months the baby’s brain and body are learning to live in the outside world. How wonderful is that first time your baby smiles at you? He starts to lift his head, to use his hands. Gradually he tries to manipulate the world around him, reaching out and using those hands more and more. He starts to chatter and to laugh. He has changed from rolling around to now being able to sit up (with a little help). He may start to crawl and he can soon sit unaided. He loves simple games like peek-a-boo, he loves singing and chatters non-stop. Soon he may be standing up at the furniture and moving quite speedily (this is when you need eyes in the back of your head!). By the time he reaches his first birthday he may well be walking, he has started to feed himself, he can say a few understandable words and, without a doubt, he knows what he wants! So, in 12 short months this helpless little bundle has transformed into an increasingly independent little person. During my 31 years as a childminder I was privileged to witness this transformation many times and boy, what a transformation it always was! As a childminder, it was a privilege to help individual babies to develop, building on the time they spent with their parents. By communicating with parents, I was able to recognise that individual babies differ in their needs. Some cry more or are louder than others. Some prefer more activity and others less. When I meet those children now, many in their 20s, I feel proud to know that I helped them to learn and develop when they were in my care. Alison Manning Early Learning St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats Church Office: Linden Avenue, Sheffield S8 0GA Tel: (0114) 274 5086 Page 11 email: office@stchads.org website: www.stchads.org
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