These two titles each have unique specialties, and together they really provide the backbone of Timberdoodle's Baby and Toddler Curriculum Packages. But we know that some of you already own many of the tools in those packages or are willing to go to the time and effort of finding them locally or borrowing from friends. It is for you that we offer this special bundle!
Entertaining and Educating Babies and Toddlers (Usborne Parents' Guide Series)
If you or a friend are looking for hundreds of baby-friendly ideas for exercises and activities that engage your child's love of play while also stimulating his brain development, then you'll want the Usborne Parents' Guide to Entertaining and Educating Babies and Toddlers.
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: 135 Fun Exercises and Activities to Maximize Your Child's Brain Development from Birth Through Age 5 1/2
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 the most practical handbook for all parents enthralled with every aspect of their baby's intellectual and physical development. It is simple and to the point, with ideas that are quick and easy to implement. Each activity is presented with detailed, step-by-step instructions, and the appealing illustrations help to make everything crystal-clear.
And while the overall tone is one of having 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.
Active Baby, Healthy Brain is divided into eight specific, age-appropriate sections ranging from newborn to age five-and-a-half. Busy parents will cheer when they hear that no single activity takes more than two minutes, and all that's required is ten minutes a day. How easy is that?
From the back of Active Baby, Healthy Brain:
Movement, play, and active exploration in the first five years of a child's life are essential to the development of his or her body and brain. Now Active Baby, Healthy Brain presents 135 massages, exercises, and activities that engage your child's love of play while also stimulating his or her brain development in multiple areas including:
Balance
Cross-pattern movement
Visualization
Vestibular (inner ear) stimulation
Laterality
Fine- and gross-motor skills
Each activity is presented on its own page with step-by-step instructions, appealing illustrations, and illuminating sidebars. The detailed instructions tell you exactly how to do each activity, as well as how to incorporate toys, music, dance, and games. No single activity takes more than two minutes, and all that's required is ten minutes a day. More than thirty years in the making, Active Baby, Healthy Brain is an indispensable guide for everyone who is raising a child or who interacts with preschoolers.
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