When does a baby start to learn?
New moms and dads often think of learning as something that starts when a child goes to school, but learning starts a few weeks after conception when baby responds to touch, a few weeks later to smells and tastes and a few months later to sound. Baby’s eyes mostly develop after birth and that is why shining a torch on your tummy is not a good idea.
What is remarkable, is that your baby’s ability to read, write and reason six and a half years later when he enters Grade 1 is substantially developed before he is only 14 months old!
Read more in this insightful article from dr Melodie de Jager: When does a baby start to learn (pdf – 331 KB).
Seli Suhesti
From sensing touch and taste in the womb to developing early cognitive skills, these first months lay the foundation for future abilities. Understanding this early development is something also valued at Telkom University Jakarta