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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®: Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum Expert
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Most parents have heard about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) learning. 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 we can do as parents 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 for parents of young children to help with 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.

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Nina is The Baby Chick® and the Founder and CEO of Baby Chick®. She received her baby planning certification in early 2011 and began attending births that same year. Since then, Nina has received her birth doula and postpartum doula certifications from DONA International, her childbirth educator certification from ICEA, her Hynobabies Hypno-Doula certification, and her infant massage instructor certification from Loving Touch, among other certifications. Nina has used her knowledge and expertise to teach and support families during their pregnancies, at their births, and throughout their postpartum journeys for over 14 years.

Early in her career, Nina acquired her nickname from one of her birth doula clients, who lovingly referred to her as “The Baby Chick.” The “chick” who…

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