Childhood Memories
I have such wonderful memories of my grandparents’ house. We used to spend so much time there, and one of my favorite things to do was explore their basement. We had to go into the garage and down steps to get down into it. There was a bathroom with an old sign that said 5 […]
Glass Half Full
We have two bathrooms in our apartment, and one of them is big. If you ever visit us, you’ll see that what we really have is a small bathroom and an even smaller broom closet, or pantry of sorts, that has a toilet in it. So, in order to distinguish, we have a “big” bathroom […]
Summertime…
Summer isn’t just a time for vacations and beaches and sunburns (oh my!)… summer is a prime time for learning, both in the classroom and out. I remember summers before my kids were old enough to attend camp. I love the memories of evenings in the park, laughter ringing in my ears for hours, […]
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER – Press Attention vs Scientific Evidence
The NY Times ran an article on a recent Sunday about Autism, and then in the following Tuesday’s Science Times about being autistic. Both were fascinating to me, having worked for years as a music therapist and special educator with children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The Rebecca Center for Music Therapy at Molloy College It’s […]
LAUGH UNTIL YOU CRY… MY MESSY BEAUTIFUL
When my older son was around 18 months old (I was pregnant with the younger one), he and I and my husband were playing together. Things got a little rough, but in a fun way, involving some tickling and a lot of laughing. Well, suddenly I was crying. Zeke stopped in his tracks and […]
The Truth about Language and Deafness
There’s an excellent article in today’s NY Times – 4/15, in the Science Times: “A Son’s Deafness Prompts a Scientific Journey.” The journalist is deaf. She has a cochlear implant and a hearing aid, like the boy she wrote about, and she is able to explain the benefits and the limitations of this technology […]
DO – OVERS
I often hear kids asking for, or giving each other, a “do-over” during a game or a casual sport. This week, it made me wonder what I would choose to do over, if given the chance. There are certainly some things I would choose not to have ever done at all – though how would […]
A RHYME OF MINE
At 10, I saw “Children of a Lesser God” on stage And was transfixed by the beauty of sign I learned of a culture not so different from mine Felt their joy, contentment, and rage At 16, I met a young boy who was Deaf It was then I began to learn sign His […]
Chimpanzees Teach Other Apes To Talk Via Sign Language
When I was a little girl, I saw a baby chimp up close at a zoo – he was being cared for by someone who worked there, getting a diaper change and then being bottle fed. He looked like a very hairy human baby. At that moment, I decided I just HAD to have a […]
Benefits – Immediate and Long Term
At Baby Fingers, we offer Sign Language, Yoga, and Infant Massage – all designed for baby with grown up, and all incorporating music to some extent. Why? So many reasons that are wonderful both for now and down the road. There are tremendous benefits for parent and baby alike when it comes to […]