Jackie Silberg

Packed with fun and simple games to help nurture and improve brain development in babies. Did you know the brain of an infant is 250 times more active than that of an adult? Has formed one thousand trillion connections by the end of the third year? And produces synapses faster in the first year than at any other time? Fully revised and updated to reflect the latest research about how children learn, "125 Brain Games for Babies" is a fun-filled collection of ways to develop the brain capacity of infants. Included are everyday opportunities to nurture brain development in the critical period from birth through twelve months. Each game and sensory experience presented includes an annotation on the latest brain research and how the activity promotes brain power in babies.

Featuring more than 700 songs, rhymes, poems, finger-plays, and chants, this volume gives children a variety of ways to fall in love with rhythm, rhyme, repetition, and structural sequence - important building blocks for future readers. The 700 selections will help children aged 3 to 6 years build a strong foundation in listening skills, imagination, coordination, and spatial and body awareness. In this giant book of rhythm and rhyme, you are sure to find your own childhood favourites! It includes a free CD featuring 50 favourite songs guaranteed to get children up and moving.

Ordinary, everyday routines can be turned into fun learning experiences with this revised and expanded edition of the bestselling games book for parents of two-year-olds. Illustrations.