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Academics for Babies with the Baby Timberdoodle Core Curriculum
It is startling that while no other age group undergoes so much change in so many ways, infants and toddlers are often left to fend for themselves both in physical and academic development. We've set out to change that!

Everything You Need to Homeschool This Age
Introducing our new Baby Timberdoodle Core Curriculum, jam-packed with everything you need to homeschool this precious age. With the use of two outstanding guidebooks and a collection of many of the recommended resources, you can begin today to maximize your little one's physical and intellectual development.

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Even more than all our other core curriculums, the Baby Timberdoodle Core Curriculum especially benefits from the freedom we have to hand-select only those components that we consider superb. While other companies must maintain brand loyalty, we are free to continue to study and investigate every item. We're sure you will be pleased with this outstanding collection.

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Bumpie Gertie Ball Throwing and catching will help improve your baby's coordination and dexterity skills. With its soft, baby-friendly knobs and its squishy, slightly sticky texture, the five-inch Bumpie Gertie Ball is super-easy to catch and throw. Babies love the squeezable bumps and easy-to-grasp feel, while parents appreciate that Bumpie Gertie Balls are always light and gentle, making them ideal for indoor play.

Oball Rattle Buying a baby rattle needn't be rocket science, but the right rattle can mean the difference between a dust-collector at the bottom of a diaper bag and a fascinating diversion for a fussy baby. We looked at dozens of rattles to select our three favorites. The Oball Rattle is the ideal first ball for every child, because its many finger holes make it easy to clutch and roll while the soft texture is just right for mouthing and the beads make a pleasant rattling sound.

Pat-a-Cake! Nursery Rhymes and Peek-a-Boo! Nursery Games Action-Packed Nursery Rhymes: Nursery rhymes give babies a vocabulary boost at a critical point in language development. Speech pathologists have found that the repetitive language in nursery rhymes makes it easier for babies to verbally participate, adding more words in the process. Pat-a-Cake! Nursery Rhymes and Peek-a-Boo! Nursery Games are delightful collections for parents and their babies and toddlers to enjoy together, presented in oversized board books with bright and cheerful artwork.

Indestructible Books Designed by a mother of triplets, Indestructible Books are so rugged that they can even be thrown in the wash! Just as important, the vibrant and creative illustrations give you and your little one lots to discuss and study. No words means that every time you read it, the story is different!

Sew 'N' Sew This frustration-free lacing tool has been used for two decades to teach very young children basic lacing skills. Sew 'n' Sew's smooth-to-the-touch wooden block with slanted holes and its oversized wooden needle make it super-easy for tiny ones to develop hand-eye coordination and fine-motor skills. Compact in size, the Sew 'n' Sew makes an ideal traveling companion and inspires discovery while fostering valuable developmental skills your child will use for a lifetime.

B. Hugs Links B. Hugs Links are perfect for baby's chubby hands to grasp or for happy toddlers to dump out of the jar. String Hugs Links together to form a chain, put them back in the jar, then repeat. With twenty-four colorful rattle links, you'll never run out of hugs for your little ones!

Wee Wedgits With Wee Wedgits, now even your youngest child can benefit from this open-ended manipulative masterpiece. These rubber-ducky-soft, non-toxic, polyvinyl blocks with rounded edges lend themselves to stacking in traditional or even unusual ways. Because of the unique design of Wee Wedgits, even tiny children can progress from a simple stacking pyramid to amazing geometric designs, developing both dexterity and an understanding of size relationships. This version delivers all the fun of Wedgits, but made safer for your little guys.

Let's Sign, Baby!: A Fun and Easy Way to Talk with Baby Larger vocabularies? Higher scores on intelligence tests? Fewer tantrums? Research has shown that these and even more advantages are available for every baby that learns American Sign Language, so what are you waiting for? Let's Sign, Baby! is a gentle, natural way to introduce your baby to the benefits of ASL.

First Thousand Words Usborne First Thousand Words is a lovely way to introduce language to your toddlers. Each two-page spread is of a realistic scene your child should be familiar with, from the backyard to the hospital. The warm, charming, wordless illustrations lend themselves to endless interpretations; each new story layers upon the last, and each storyline reinforces familiar words while introducing unfamiliar ones. Throughout First Thousand Words, key objects are pulled out of the larger illustration and depicted around the edges of the page. Point out the objects, have your child repeat the word, and then find the item in the larger illustration. First Thousand Words will provide your child with lots of familiar things to find and name, characters to talk about, and opportunities for counting groups of objects or discovering matching pairs. When it comes to building your wee one's language skills, Usborne First Thousand Words is a great conversation starter!

Entertaining and Educating Babies and Toddlers (Usborne Parents' Guide Series) This charmingly illustrated parents' guide features hundreds of baby-friendly ideas for exercises and activities that engage your child's love of play while also stimulating his brain development. The many illustrations will inspire even sleep-deprived parents with creative activities, many of which require no money to implement. From how to develop first skills such as holding and manipulating objects to encouraging mobility and speech, Entertaining and Educating Babies and Toddlers offers parents an enjoyable approach to teaching these essential life skills. For use with children from birth to thirty months.

Active Baby, Healthy Brain Babies crave more than a meal and a cuddle. They are eager, voracious learners, and many new parents are just as enthusiastic to start homeschooling their baby but don't know where to start. Active Baby, Healthy Brain is a practical handbook for parents enthralled with every aspect of their baby's intellectual and physical development. It is simple, to the point, and easy to implement. Each activity is presented with detailed instructions and appealing illustrations that make everything crystal-clear. And while the overall tone is to have fun with your baby (and you will), the author makes sure you understand the crucial connections between the activities and the development of your baby's body and brain. You'll also learn how to incorporate toys, music, and games in your baby's day. No single activity takes more than two minutes, and all that's required is ten minutes a day. How easy is that?

Poke-A-Dot Old MacDonald's Farm This chunky board book is thicker than most, perfect for smaller fingers, and the buttons can be popped repeatedly. In fact, the poking of the dots is very addictive for most children, which is nice for a child who needs to work on fine-motor skills. Poke-A-Dot! Old MacDonald's Farm is a fun, fresh, 'pop-a-tronic' way to teach your preschooler how to count from one to ten!

Rubbabu 3-D Shape Sorter - Animal Shapes The soft, squishy, and downy-to-touch Rubbabu 3-D Animal Shape Sorter is a perfect first puzzle for younger children. From eight to twenty-four months, when children are too young for puzzles with small pieces, they are still ready to learn animal shapes and colors. Even the tiniest of children can pick up, examine, and play with the nine brightly colored shapes, then with a gentle push place them back in their soft base. The soft, velvety surface offers tactile stimulation. Handmade of natural rubber foam, the Rubbabu 3-D Animal Shape Sorter is anti-microbial, dust mite-resistant, mildew-resistant, hypo-allergenic, and flame-resistant.

Sarah's Silks Playsilk - Rainbow Versatility is the key with Sarah's Silks Playsilks. Simple and natural, these Playsilks can be used for "hiding and finding" games with baby, to set the table for a tea party, as a flag to hoist; there are unlimited hours of open-ended play with a Playsilk. The material is sumptuously soft, providing a wonderful sensory experience for developing babies, but it is also remarkably durable, allowing for years of play.

Tolo Shape Sorter Play Bench The Tolo Shape Sorter Play Bench combines shape and color matching with a pounding toy, giving your baby two classic developmental toys in one. Its brilliantly colored pieces, each with different sounds and shapes, will appeal to your baby, and as he works with the big, sturdy pieces, your baby will improve his motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and color and shape recognition.

Gowi Pyramid Pile Up Stacking Cups Because your child will be using these cups for stacking and nesting activities, as well as for an introduction to size recognition, the more cups, the better. The Gowi Pyramid Pile Up Stacking Cups set contains nine cups, the largest doubling as a mini-pail complete with a secure handle! Each cup is brilliantly colored with delightful images on the outside and solid colors within. Two cups in the set have holes in their bottoms so your little one can scoop water or let it trickle back out, depending on the bucket he chooses.

Peanut Ball Unless you've read Active Baby, Healthy Brain, the idea of a peanut exercise ball may seem baffling. But the author explains how an exercise ball used correctly will strengthen your baby's core muscles, body awareness, balance, and attention. You can use any exercise ball, but we like the idea of using a Peanut Ball. Because of its unique shape, it will roll in only one direction, so the instability is moderate, making it a lot less daunting for new parents to use. The center of the Peanut Ball will hold any rider safe within its contoured "saddle," so don't be surprised to find that this Peanut Ball morphs into a trusty steed for older siblings when baby is napping. With a grooved surface for better grip, our Peanut Ball will hold up to 750 pounds and is designed not to burst if punctured.

Ambi Trumpet You may feel giving a noisemaker to a young child with no sense of propriety is just crazy, but research has proven that the oral motor skills that are developed are the same ones used for eating and speech. Schylling Ambi Trumpet exercises your baby's facial and oral muscles and encourages his deep and controlled breathing. It also offers auditory feedback and can enhance both language skills and rudimentary understanding of cause and effect.