Miss Holifield

The doors on the bus go open and shut… 🚌 🎶 For toddlers, music and movement are more than just entertainment. Beat, rhythm, and tempo all stimulate children’s developing brains - helping body and mind to work together in coordination. Repetitive songs like “The Wheels on the Bus” also help children with important pre-reading skills like pattern recognition and auditory discrimination (the ability to distinguish between separate sounds). There’s little question that the song is engaging this little one’s brain (while also boosting his mood). Watch as he anticipates and carefully times his “open and shut” movements. There’s a lot of brain power on display in this joyful video, posted to IG by jackielegss.

Here’s a lovely example of what emergent literacy looks like during toddlerhood. As father & son work together on a remodeling job, this little guy meticulously captures each measurement on paper. His writing is not yet conventional, but he’s already learned print conveys meaning