Bonding With Baby (NAPSA)—According to experts, bonding with children is crucial to social, emotional and cognitive development. Early child educator Lillian Katz observes that children learn disposition only from the adults with whom they have the closest emotional bond—parents r and primary caregivers. Participating in classes together is one way many parents bond with their children. There are many ways parents can bond with their children— from taking them on nature walks to playing with blocks—and they all shape future development. For example, parents who engage in musicmaking with their children give them the disposition to make music themselves. This may explain the soaring popularity of a research-based program called Music Together, which finds that children develop a love for music and learning when parents participate with them in a playful, musically rich, nonperformance-oriented learning environment. The bonding that results from making music together is so powerful that many parents choose to become teachers and share this joyful experience with other families. To learn more, visit www.music together.com.
