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Playing with your baby is more than fun and games: it's the key to building a strong relationship with your infant and providing important early stimulation that promotes learning and development. This book provides games, activities, and exercises that parents can do with their baby to foster cognitive, motor, and language skills as well as creativity and relational skills. Shows parents how they can use daily caregiving routines such as feeding, diapering, dressing, bathing, and bedtime as opportunities for play, positive emotio... read more

One of the most significant milestones in a young child's life is starting school. But how do you know if your child is ready to take this big step? This book is an essential guide to help you make this decision. Educational and parenting expert Kathy Walker explains all the important factors to consider and gives you the information you need to be confident you're making the right decision for your child. She also provides advice on how to prepare your child for school and explains the strategies schools use to familiarise childre... read more

Wibbly Pig has a new friend -- a bear so BIG, he can hardly fit on the page. He does not know how to brush his teeth or comb his hair and he can't even use a spoon. But Wibbly loves him just the same! A picture book that shows it is what's inside that matters, told by that inimitable master storyteller Mick Inkpen.

It's so nice to be nice! Cuddle Nestle Nuzzle Don't tickle . . . well, maybe a little. Love was meant to be passed on. An adorable menagerie of irrestible animals populate this gentle look at friendship. Getting close to someone is an art and these little creatures demonstrate the simple ways to show you care. David Ezra Stein's expressive illustrations ooze charm and will inspire readers to be very nice indeed.

Popular science meets parenting in this fascinating and beautiful book. Covering a baby's first two years with retrospective glimpses of life in the womb, it details the incredible changes that occur as development progresses. Desmond Morris' thought-provoking book sets out the astonishing facts with outstanding visual reference to make you marvel at the complexity of the human body and your baby's ability to achieve so much in so little time. Stunning photographs and artwork overlays complement amazing facts about the growth, gene... read more

Selma Fraiberg's wise and eloquent account of a child's early years and the development of his mind, in tandem with practical advice about understanding and caring for children, was a revelation when it was first published. Half a century later, her illuminating descriptions of how children perceive and adapt to their world remain profound.

An activity book containing 70 Montessori-inspired play and learn ideas for parents of children aged 1 to 3. Includes sand and water games, singing, story games, dances to music, and outdoor activities.

Few books as useful or as comprehensive as this one have ever been published for parents. Fun Start contains hundreds of activities for children up to the age of five. The book is carefully structured so that there is one activity for every week of every year of the child's life. All activities have been thoroughly tested over many years, and have been designed to develop both thinking and motor skills. Stimulating and varied, the superb ideas in Fun Start will be a godsend to parents and caregivers everywhere. Heavily illu... read more

Presents the 45-minute sing-a-long and play CD together. This work includes rhymes to say, games to play and animal sounds for your baby to listen out for.

"Play is essential for your baby's development and learning. Baby Games is designed to help you reach essential milestones while having lots of fun together." - Dr Miriam Stoppard. Let's play! Wiggle the finger puppet, there's a dog to be found, tunnels to crawl through and games to play with fingers and toes. Spend some special time reading together, little fingers will enjoy the easy-turn-pages and fold out parents' notes and developmental milestones mean you can encourage your child's emerging skills. This is the perfect way to ... read more

Contains fifty easy-to-use cards with inventive ideas for simple activities, games, songs, action rhymes and recipes to cook to keep 3-year-olds entertained for hours. This title helps children learn new skills, find out about the world around them and, most importantly, have fun while they paint, draw, print, dress-up, make and build.

For the Seven Oaks friends, there is always something to do. Whether they're singing along with Pokey Porcupine's harmonica or playing soccer with Jumper Rabbit, everyone is having fun and learning all sorts of things. Practising the 7 Habits makes this possible. The Seven Oaks friends find out how each and every kid can be a happy kid!

Interactive & Development Games, Crafts, & Creative Activities for Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers From the 92nd Street Y Parenting Center Fretta Reitzes and Beth Teitelman, with Lois Alter Mark

As difficult as it can be for parents to cultivate their own spirituality amid the frenzy of their lives, it can be even harder to nurture their children's spiritual development. In Parenting with Spirit, author Jane Bartlett offers parents an inspiring yet practical way to both encourage and celebrate spirituality in their children and their family lives. These 30 child-friendly and interesting ideas include: creating rituals for the holidays, seasons, other festivities; going for nature walks, holding family meetings, storytellin... read more

This Little Kiddy Went to Market investigates the way that corporations are targeting younger children with a barrage of advertising and marketing designed to turn them into hyperconsumers who define themselves by what they have rather than who they are. The book argues that school reforms, driven by corporate needs, are largely to blame. It begins by analysing school reforms in English-speaking nations such as the UK, North America, Australia and New Zealand and uncovers the ways in which business coalitions have persuaded governm... read more

Based on a lifetime spent working with small children in Australian playgroups, Everyday Play is filled with ideas to help children reach their optimum wellbeing through exploration, experimentation and discovery. With an emphasis on practical, open-ended and easily replicated ideas, this fresh, contemporary book is perfect for parents, grandparents, group-learning situations and home learning.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Already a perennial "New York Times" bestseller, "Last Child in the Woods" shows how our children have become increasingly alienated and distant from nature, why this matters and how we can make a difference. Camping in the garden, riding bikes through the woods, climbing trees, collecting bugs and butterflies, picking wildflowers, running through piles of autumn leaves, cooking over a campfire and telling ghost stories under the stars...somewhere the pleasures of a free-range childhood have been lost. And with the indoor habits of... read more

Plunket has been providing new parents with guidance, advice and support for more than 100 years. This book of indispensable advice from New Zealand's acknowledged experts on childcare is given to every mother of a new baby born in New Zealand.
It is updated every year with the latest information and advice. Attractively presented in colour-coded, age-related sections, it also includes special information on child safety, family relationships, feeding and common childhood ailments.

Why are some babies easy and others fussy - and how to get an easy one? What's the single most important thing a parent can do during pregnancy? What does watching TV do to a baby's brain? John Medina shares what the latest science says about how to raise smart and happy children. Brain Rules for Baby bridges the gap between what scientists know and what parents practice. He unravels how the brain develops from the womb through the early years. What one does right now - before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and through the first five... read more