Object Exploration

We know babies love to explore but what would happen if we put velcro covered mittens on their little hands?

A team of researchers at Duke University set out to find out. The results are quite interesting! One of their findings indicates that babies who have had opportunties to explore using this niffy tool displayed greater capacity to explore both visually and orally! There are still many unanswered questions, but the experiment supports the notion that early experience and learning are a good thing.

"Experience is the best sculptor." --Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

You can read this full article here: 'Sticky Mittens' Give Babies A Head Start