Toddlers can wreak havoc on our to-do lists. They have their own agendas, their own pace, and their own counterproductive actions (e.g., pulling all the books off the shelf after you’ve just replaced them). In order to increase the odds of actually completing my to-do list, I divide it into categories.
Here’s an interesting (if ultimately inconclusive) article from Scientific American on how babies learn object permanence. One recent study indicates it’s a gradual learning, not an “aha.” The results can be interpreted differently, however, depending on how one defines the varying degress of familiarity babies have with objects. Interesting (and relatively short) reading, though, for
