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Honig, Alice Sterling – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2014
This articles describes the learning process of infants and toddlers and provides tips that parents and caregivers can use to promote the development of rich language skills, as well as an abiding passion for learning. From the earliest days, talking with babies encourages their knowledge of words. Singing and reading books increases their…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Infants, Toddlers, Language Acquisition
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Childhood Today (J1), 2007
By three to four months of age, most babies placed on their tummies on a safe, warm surface push down with their arms and raise their chests, so that they can turn their heads to look about at the world around them. By five months, babies stretch both feet and hands upward in order to swipe at interesting mobiles placed overhead. At seven to nine…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Physical Development, Psychomotor Skills, Infants
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Childhood Today (1), 2006
This article discusses a way to boost babies' skills by taking advantage of rhythm and rhyme. Becoming aware of rhyming sounds boosts brain activity and a child's early literacy ability. Adding singsong rhyming words to requests for attention is an effective way for teachers to get toddlers to listen to what they say. Rhymes and rhythms add zest…
Descriptors: Rhyme, Emergent Literacy, Brain, Language Rhythm
Honig, Alice Sterling; Miller, Susan A.; Church, Ellen Booth – Early Childhood Today (J3), 2007
This article explains the causes of children's fears and anxieties in the following age brackets: (1) 0-2 years old; (2) 3-4 years old; and (3) 5-6 years old. It presents situations wherein children develop fears and anxious feelings. It also discusses how to deal and manage these fears and anxieties and enumerates what can be done to make…
Descriptors: Fear, Children, Anxiety, Etiology
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Childhood Today, 2006
It is important to understand that babies differ in temperament. Some are sensationally exuberant and loud. Others are more withdrawn and quiet. Babies also differ in tempo and style. Some eat with gusto. Others deliberately scoop a bit of cooked cereal onto a spoon and slowly munch on their food. Helping a baby learn to modulate voice tones means…
Descriptors: Infants, Personality Traits, Toddlers, Self Control
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Childhood Today, 2005
Summer is the time to take full advantage of the myriad wonders of nature--and all the outdoor play spaces--with children and toddlers. In this article, the author presents several outdoor summer activities for infants and toddlers.
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Recreational Activities, Summer Programs
Honig, Alice Sterling; Wittmer, D. S. – 1989
Designed for child caregivers, this guide to research on infants and toddlers offers references to works that provide reasons for high quality care and increase caregivers' understanding of ways to facilitate the optimal development of babies. Citations concern abuse, attachment, caregiver role, child care effects, child care quality, child…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Infants, Information Needs, Resource Materials
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Childhood Today (1), 2005
In this article, the author describes three major temperament categories of infants and toddlers, and why each calls for particular insights and attention. For infants, the temperaments are cautious, fussy, and easygoing. For toddlers, the three most prevalent temperaments are fearful/shy, irritable/active/fussy, and easy. This paper also contains…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Child Rearing, Personality
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Childhood Today (1), 2005
Using Simple strategies, caregivers can learn to effectively communicate with infants through touch. This article offers suggestions and techniques for calming squirming babies of all types and ages who seem to be unable to find a comfortable position while being held. She begins by suggesting that care givers of very small babies be patient and…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Child Care, Sensory Integration
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Childhood Today, 2006
According to this author, when parents provide competent daily care, they are teaching infants what love and trust are. All the daily routines parents perform, including feeding, cleaning up, diapering, undressing, dressing and settling into sleep, help provide infants with emotional comfort as well as the courage to learn. This article also…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parents, Infants, Infant Care
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Childhood Today, 2004
New brain research reveals that synapses, the connections between neurons, are twice as plentiful at 24 months as in adulthood. Reading to babies helps "wire in" those synapses so that babies get an early intellectual boost. This article discusses early reading for babies as it promotes early literacy. Sharing picture books is a wonderful way to…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy
Honig, Alice Sterling – 2002
Concern about the quality of infant-toddler care programs has grown recently in response to two factors. The first is the need of employed parents for such care, and the second is research emphasizing the importance of brain development in the early years. This Digest introduces some of the many issues related to the quality of infant-toddler…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Care, Child Care Effects, Evaluation Criteria
Honig, Alice Sterling – 2003
Concern about the quality of infant-toddler care programs has grown recently in response to two factors. The first is the need of employed parents for such care, and the second is research emphasizing the importance of brain development in the early years. This Spanish-language Digest introduces some of the many issues related to the quality of…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Care, Child Care Effects, Evaluation Criteria
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Childhood Today, 2004
Evolution has provided babies with wonderful ways to get the loving attention and care that they need from adults. When a baby is distressed, his cry is the most primitive and powerful tool for bringing help. By the time a baby is 2 or 3 months old, his dazzling smile and crooked grin evokes tenderness, smiles, and nurturance from adults who are…
Descriptors: Infants, Infant Behavior, Nonverbal Communication, Parent Child Relationship
Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Childhood Today, 2004
Babies thrive on security. In early months, secure feelings stem from being warm, cuddled closely, and comfortable in their tummies (and in having clean bottoms!). In this article, the author discusses how to soothe infants and toddlers. The strategies to help ease babies' distress are described. Some of the recommended strategies include: (1) to…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Child Care, Infant Care