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    What’s Going on in There?
    Both of us come from cognitive science backgrounds – so we particularly relished this thoroughly researched based approach to explaining how the brain develops, how it translates to your child’s development, and what you can do to nurture their growth. The author is a neuroscientist and a mother. She has a knack for putting complex information into something understandable and applicable – making this a valuable starting point. This was definitely one of our favorites from the beginning.


    Baby Minds: Brain-Building Games Your Baby Will Love
    The spirit of this book in it’s guidance of helping your child develop has mirrored a lot of what we’ve strived for. Although the title may have you believe it will be a manual of games – it is more of a guide to the types of activities that will help your little one develop and the concepts and research behind those activity suggestions. This book ties nicely with the book What’s Going on in There?


    Baby Play (Gymboree)
    As a new mom I found I wanted some ideas on what to do with my baby. This book has a lot of well organized, simple activities that are correlated to their age and what type of development milestones it fosters. Using this foundation – you can easily apply it further, enriching simple activities like a walk to the park.

    Sign with Your Baby
    This has been one of the most rewarding endeavors for us so far with Sal. We started signing with him when he turned 7 months old – but probably not to consistently. When we saw him signing back to us though when he was 10 months old – and we were actually getting a chance to communicate with him – it made it so much more exciting. Now that Sal’s in his early toddler stage – understanding what he wants has helped us head off a lot of frustration and is immensely rewarding to have an idea of what your little one is thinking about. Whether it be during a simple walk in the park and he points out some birds that have caught his eye – or whether he might have a hankering for some corn – this let’s you know that there is so much more going on in their mind behind that chubby cheeked smile then a lot of parents realize.

    How To Teach Your Baby To Read & How To Teach Your Baby Math
    Although I wish we had read these books earlier – I’m glad that we have read them when we did. We definitely don’t want to become flash card nazis – but if you read this book – you come to realize that what you are looking at is a lot of “very small deposits” made for a larger investment later. Doman does a good job of emphasizing the wonder and value of this critical age of your child. This message alone I think is one that shifts how you view infants. Through further analysis in the technique – you see that flash cards are not ever to be a drudgery – but a quick, upbeat lesson that is sprinkled throughout the day. We are just starting with these techniques – and have yet to see where they go – but to follow them – we’ve found that our little guy has a keen interest in computers (he sees his mommy and daddy on them quite a bit) and hence seems to enjoy doing these little “games” quite a bit more when they are on the computer. This site’s flashcards are built to help us engage our little guy in this new adventure.

    Last updated: September 20th 2006 - by baby school mom

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