BABY MILESTONES
The term for a baby's first word or sound that resembles speech.
What is Babbling?
This nursery song shares the same tune as "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" and "The Alphabet Song."
What is "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"?
This marsupial mother feeds bacteria-filled excrement to its young, to prepare their digestive systems for eucalyptus.
What is a koala?
This supplement to elementary school means "children's garden" in German.
What is Kindergarten?
This book, written by Shel Silverstein, has sold over ten million copies since it was first published in 1967.
What is The Giving Tree?
This reflex occurs when a baby throws out their arms and legs then quickly pulls them in, often triggered by a loud sound or sudden movement.
What is the Moro reflex?
The baby's cradle is located here, in "Rock-a-bye Baby."
What is on the treetop?
In this species the father—not the mother—carries fertilized eggs that become offspring.
What is a seahorse?
Babies spoken to in two or more languages have shown stronger performance in tasks requiring executive function, processed in this part of the brain.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
In 1987, nine animal statues—a mama and eight babies—were constructed in Boston to commemorate this popular children's book.
What is Make Way for Ducklings?
This Britney Spears single spent 32 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, the longest run of any other in her career to date.
What is "...Baby One More Time"?
This egg-shaped character is named after a 17th century beverage made of boiled brandy and ale.
What is Humpty Dumpty?
This mammal has the longest gestation period of any animal, averaging 22 months.
What is an elephant?
His first documented composition, a Minuet and Trio in G major, was composed when he was just five years old.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
In this classic bedtime book, we see “a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush.”
What is Goodnight Moon?
This populous African country is known for having the highest twin birth rate in the world.
What is Nigeria?
In the French lullaby "Frère Jacques," this is the English translation to its repeating lyrics, "Dormez-vous?"
What is "Are you sleeping?"
This animal will nurse for more than eight years, longer than any other animal.
What is an orangutan?
A baby's brain has 2,500 of these per neuron at birth, but by age two or three, it's about 15,000 per neuron.
What is a synapse?
This book was a result of a bet that the author couldn’t write a story with only 50 unique words.
What is Green Eggs and Ham?
This character, popularly known as "Baby Yoda" on the Internet, plays a major part in the plot of this Disney+ television series.
What is The Mandalorian?
This classic lullaby, often sung to soothe children to sleep, begins with "Lullaby, and good night, in the skies stars are bright."
What is "Brahms' Lullaby"?
While the males “sing,” this aquatic mama “whispers” to its young to help them navigate during 5,000-mile migrations.
What is a humpback whale?
The first woman to graduate from the University of Rome medical school in 1896, she later pioneered an educational system that bears her last name.
Who is Maria Montessori?
In the musical adaptation of this Roald Dahl book, the title character sings, “Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty."
What is Matilda?