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Jennifer Ward
I Love Dirt!: 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature
by Trumpeter (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-05-13)
I Love Dirt! presents 52 open-ended activities to help you engage your child in the outdoors. No matter what your location—from a small patch of green in the city to the wide-open meadows of the country—each activity is meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination, and heighten a child's sense of wonder.To learn more about the author, Jennifer Ward, visit her website at jenniferwardbooks.com and to learn more about the illustrator, Susie Ghahremani, visit her website at boygirlparty.com.
Monica Beyer
Baby Talk: A Guide to Using Basic Sign Language to Communicate with Your Baby
by Tarcher (Paperback)
Jump-start language and learning skills with this simple and elegant guide to using sign language to communicate with your preverbal baby. Imagine averting a tantrum because your baby was able to communicate her desire for a favorite toy without tears, or simply sharing in your baby's wonderment at the sight of a bird on a tree-before he has even uttered his first word! Generally, children do not develop the motor skills necessary to speak until they are two, and yet they are able to communicate using sign language as early as six months. Written by an experienced signer and a mother of three, this illustrated step-by-step guide will allow readers to join the ranks of parents around the world who experience the rich rewards of communicating with their preverbal babies by using sign language. Studies have shown that babies who are taught to use signs to express themselves before they can actually speak are more contented because they can communicate their basic needs (and ...
Joan Goldner
2009 BusyBodyBook Personal & Family Organizer: Funky Floral
by About Your Time LLC (Spiral-bound)
The BusyBodyBook Personal & Family Organizer is the unique time management solution for EVERY busy Mom and her family. The BusyBodyBook award-winning Weekly GRID format is the key. Five individual and spacious columns give Mom and each family member their own designated place to plan and schedule routine and special activities while coordinating with one another SIDE by SIDE! No double booking, overbooking or overlooking! Students use BBB to stay on top of their school subjects, after-school and personal activities. And, business professionals use BBB to track clients, project management, goals and personal appointments. BBB's versatile columns help manage chores, plan meals and lessons, track personal diet and fitness goals and much more. Other BBB features include a planning calendar for birthdays and anniversaries, another for next year's important appointments and events, plus one more for a months-at-a-glance view; perforated shopping lists; contact information pages; two ...
Bobbi Conner
Unplugged Play: No Batteries. No Plugs. Pure Fun.
by Workman Publishing Company (Paperback)
From the joy of smearing glue on paper to the screaming delight of a bubble-blowing relay, kids love to play. In fact, it's every kid's built-in tool for experiencing the world at large. A parent-friendly encyclopedia, UNPLUGGED PLAY ("A wonderful guide," says Daniel Goleman) offers hundreds and hundredsof battery-free, screen-free, chrip-and-beep-free games and fun variations that stretch the imagination, spark creativity, building strong bodies, and forge deep friendships...and keep kids busy at the table while mom or dad makes dinner.
Armin A. Brott
The New Father: The New Father, A Dad's Guide to The First Year; A Dad's Guide to the Toddler Years (New Father Series)
by Abbeville Press (Paperback)
An indispensable handbook on all aspects of fatherhood during the first 12 months, The New Father charts the physical, intellectual, verbal, and emotional changes which a child experiences in the first year and examines the emotional and psychological developments the father may be experiencing. 30 illustrations.
Joan Goldner
2009 BusyBodyBook Wall Calendar
by About Your Time LLC (Spiral-bound)
BusyBodyBook Wall Calendars feature: 7-columns (as spacious as ever) a week-at-a glance that can hang as a 1-week or 2-week view (depending on your wall real estate) key contacts pages months-at-a-glance pages a 4" storage pocket on the back cover
Simon Rose, Steve Caplin
Be the Coolest Dad on the Block: All of the Tricks, Games, Puzzles and Jokes You Need to Impress Your Kids (and keep them entertained for years to come!)
by Broadway (Paperback) (Release Date: 2006-05-02)
An all-encompassing guide to entertaining, amazing, and possibly even educating children, Be the Coolest Dad on the Block provides the perfect excuse to stand on a balloon, play with grated cheese in the microwave, and unroll an entire roll of toilet paper, all in the name of spending time with your kids.Written by a comedy writer and a cartoonist with thirty years’ combined experience as dads, Be the Coolest Dad on the Block is a cornucopia of practical parenting advice, like how to skip stones or teach a kid to ride a bike. It has answers to the pesky questions kids love, such as “Why is the sky blue?” or “Where do babies come from?” And it can help dads entertain large groups of kids with slapstick gags (“burp the alphabet”) or cool tricks (“the hole in the head”). Be the Coolest Dad on the Block also contains spooky myths for telling around the campfire and loads of quizzes and jokes for rainy days or endless car rides.With a range of ideas to suit all ...
Becky A. Bailey
I Love You Rituals
by Harper Paperbacks (Paperback) (Release Date: 2000-11-21)
I Love You Rituals offers more than seventy delightful rhymes and games that send the message of unconditional love and enhance children's social, emotional, and school success.Winner of a 1999 Parent's Guide Children's Media Award, these positive nursery rhymes, interactive finger plays, soothing games, and physically active can be played with children from infancy through age eight. In only minutes a day, these powerful rituals: Prime a child's brain for learning Help children cope with change Enhance attention, cooperation, and self-esteem Help busy families stay close Affirm the parent-child bond that insulates children from violence, peer pressure, and drugs, and much more.Easy to learn and especially effective in stressful situations, I Love You Rituals gives parents, grandparents, caregivers, and teachers inspiring tools to help children thrive.
John Matthews
The Winter Solstice: The Sacred Traditions of Christmas
by Quest Books (Paperback)
Brimming with stories, activities, folklore, and recipes, this popular holiday gift book traces the history behind many sacred traditions of the season and provides practical suggestions for celebrating the Winter Solstice as a joyous, life-affirming festival.
Rahima Baldwin Dancy
You Are Your Child's First Teacher: What Parents Can Do With and For Their Chlldren from Birth to Age Six
by Celestial Arts (Paperback)
Details what parents can do with and for their children, from birth to age six. This resource book offers new ways for parents to understand their children and provide opportunities to increase their confidence in what they are doing while making the most of the early years. 384 pages.