Babies Can Read Part 3

Piaget could not foresee that the baby could read before manifesting the mastering of language; but he already knew that even though language can increase the power of thought, it was not its cause. Herein resides an important element: It is through the symbolic game and not language that the baby expresses his/her subjectivity still untranslatable into collective signs.

If for Piaget the logic of coordination of actions is more profound than the logic attributed to language, and well precedent, there is no way to not believe that babies can read before they can speak and write. And all this, they already are doing!

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Dr. Eliane Leao is a native of Brazil, South America. She has a background in Education from Purdue University (Masters) and a PhD in the Department of Educational Psychology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)/Purdue University (Ph.D.). Dr. Leao has also three Bachelor’s degrees, one in Piano, another in Musical Education, and a third in Voice. Dr. Leao is currently a professor of Music Education and Music Therapy conducting research on the influence of Music in Early Childhood Learning.

Her ‘babies’ have grown to become productive members of their communities. Dr. Leao hopes that the trials and successes of her family may inspire and convince other parents to stimulate their children during early childhood so that they may enjoy a rich, stimulating, integrated, and happy life always.