Babies are developmentally staggered — their brains often develop ahead of their muscular coordination. That's why babies can get a headstart on language by learning to sign before they learn to talk — they have the manual dexterity and the mental capacity for language, but not the tongue/mouth coordination. Now you can buy your baby Velcro-mittens and Velcro-patched toys so that wee ones who are still too small to use their fingers can get the brain-development available from playing with blocks, etc.
(via Robot Wisdom)
