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Leiderman, Roni.

Let's play and learn together : fill your baby's day with creative activities that are fun and enhance development / Roni Cohen Leiderman and Wendy Masi.

Beverly, MA : Fair Winds Press, 2012.

176 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Provides 100 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 emotional attachment, and learning. Also offers play ideas for each age and stage and for different developmental levels.

Infants -- Development.

Parent and infant.

Play.

Masi, Wendy S.

Includes index.

Play ideas for learning and loving -- Let's talk : developing new vocabulary and communication skills -- Strong and healthy: developing motor skills, strength, and agility -- All about me! : developing a positive self-image -- Let's pretend : developing a child's imitation and imagination skills -- Alphabet and number games : promoting alphabet skills and mathematical thinking -- Scientific thinking : understanding the world around us -- Making friends : games and activities for developing social skills, empathy, and kindness -- Laugh with me : games and activities for promoting a sense of humor -- Icky, sticky fun : promoting creativity and sensory awareness -- Play activities and ideas for making life with your child fun and hassle-free -- Play begins at home -- Places to go and people to meet -- Tried and true : classic songs and rhymes for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.

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