Synopsis
Baby E.D. The Enriched Development Program is an easy-to-use, comprehensive program for enriching a child's intellectual development from birth to age two. It has been compiled from the latest findings of researchers in the field of early childhood development, and it consists of a 208-pg illustrated manual (6x9"), accompanied by a 24-month activities calendar (8x11"). It addresses the subjects of bonding, physical contact, massage, swimming and exercise, spoiling, nutrition, language, music, reading, math, and educational play for the first two years of life. It teaches parents and other caregivers how to provide age-appropriate stimulation without pushing for a SuperBaby.
The manual includes a table of contents, complete bibliography, extensive index, 40 illustrations, and over 100 suggested activities. The illustrated calendar serves as a convenient quick-reference for those activities.
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About the Author
When author Lilah LeBouef first became pregnant two-and-a-half years ago, she received a flood of magazines, brochures, books, and videos emphasizing the importance of the formative years. Although it was clear that the first few years were critical to a baby's development, it was difficult to determine specifically what should and should not be done at any given age. An exhaustive search for an existing product on the market led her to frustration. She then committed herself to unearthing the details and compiling it herself. The more information she found, the more she realized the benefit of this information for all children, which led her to write this program. She is now very excited to make this valuable information available to everyone who is privileged to influence the life of a child.
From the Back Cover
YOU CAN ENRICH YOUR BABY'S DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT PUSHING FOR A SUPERBABY!
As a loving parent, you naturally want the best for your child; you want to help your baby reach his potential. At the very least, you would like to avoid standing in the way of his becoming everything he is capable of being. Exciting new research has uncovered the secrets of what stimulation your baby should and should not receive at each stage of development in the first two years. The latest findings have now been compiled into this easy-to-use, yet comprehensive, program known as Baby E.D. The Enriched Development Program.
Learn How to Help Your Baby! Use Baby E.D. to Give Your Baby the Start He Deserves!
Baby E.D. The Enriched Development Program consists of an instructional manual and 24- month activity calendar that give you examples, activities, and ideas for enriching your baby's life. You'll discover how babies learn and the effect of these influences and issues in your baby's early years:
Bonding Physical Contact Massage Nutrition Language(s) Music Swimming Exercise Spoiling Reading Math
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How Babies Learn
In enriching your baby's development, you must keep several concepts in mind. Infants learn through their bodies, which means that intellectual development is achieved through motor and sensory skill development. Motor skills involve the use of body parts, such as fingers, hands, arms, toes, feet, and legs. Sensory skills, as you might imagine, involve the use of taste, smell, sight, sound, and touch. Since babies do not come pre-programmed with their parents' language, they must use motor and sensory skills to gather information.
Your baby cannot be forced to acquire motor or sensory skills before his body can handle them, but stage-appropriate enrichment can improve his mastery of the skill. This in turn leads to improved intellectual development. However, each child develops at his own pace. Your goal is not to rush his development, but merely to enrich it and thereby afford him every opportunity to reach his full potential. Babies who are loved and encouraged will be on the right track for reaching that potential.
Speaking of not pushing, what should you expect of yourself? Just as you will avoid pushing your baby to be a SuperBaby, you should avoid pushing yourself to be a SuperParent. Expecting too much of yourself can make you a wonderful, committed parent one day and an overwhelmed nightmare the next. Your poor baby would never know what to expect. Because he lacks experience and does not yet know that not everything is about him, he would be inclined to believe the changes were a result of his behavior. So be informed and then relax. Your baby's greatest need, a happy, stable, and loving home environment, does not depend on mistake-free parenting.
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