Baby & Toddler Play: 170+ Fun Activities to Help Your Child Learn Through Play

Engaging children in fun-filled play is the ideal way to give them a great start in life. Gymboree Baby and Toddler Play combines the best of Gymboree's baby and toddler activities into a comprehensive book offering hundreds of hours of fun for parents and little ones to share. More than 170 kid-tested activities have the added benefit of providing children with the foundation for the skills they'll need in preschool. Gymboree Baby and Toddler Play is divided into two sections: Baby Play (for children from birth to 12 months) and Toddler Play (for ages one to three years). Each section contains age-appropriate games, songs, and exercises for mind and body, and every activity was developed in consultation with the child-development, play, and music experts at Gymboree. The book also contains an introduction to each age group, research reports about how children develop, four-color photos of children and parents playing together, and practical solutions to common childhood issues. All in all, this value-packed guide to play offers fun and accessible ways that parents can stimulate their children's imaginations and accelerate their learning. - Child-development experts designed each activity, game, song, and chant to enhance learning. - Skill spotlights describe the development and educational benefits of all the activities. - Color photographs show parents and children demonstrating each activity.