How STEM Learning Starts at Birth – Podcast Ep 22
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How STEM Learning Starts at Birth – Podcast Ep 22

Did you know that STEM & language skills start with babies? Dr. Aimee Ketchum is explaining how to promote STEM learning early in life.

Published December 10, 2019

by Nina Spears

The Baby Chick® | Birth & Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Baby Planner
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Most parents are familiar with STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education. But did you know that STEM and language skills start with babies? We need to encourage this learning early on with our babies. There are certain things that parents can do to help.

Today, I’m chatting with Dr. Aimee Ketchum, a pediatric occupational therapist, owner of Aimee’s Babies, a child development company, and creator of STEM Starts Now, a digital subscription program designed to support parents of young children in early childhood development and kindergarten readiness. She explains why it’s critical to promote STEM learning to our babies early in life and how to do it.

Related: STEM Learning Excitement Can Be Cultivated Early

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Nina Spears is The Baby Chick® and the Founder and CEO of Baby Chick®. She began her career supporting families in 2011 after earning her baby planning certification and attending her first births that same year. Since then, she has earned her birth and postpartum doula certifications from DONA International, her childbirth educator certification from ICEA, her perinatal nutrition expert certification through The Professional Perinatal Nutrition Program, and her infant massage instructor certification from Loving Touch, among others.

Early in her career, one of Nina’s birth doula clients affectionately referred to her as “the baby chick — the ‘chick’ who works with moms and babies.” The nickname stuck and later inspired the creation of Baby Chick, which has grown…

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