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Example

DANIEL

10 months old

Developmental Skills

MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

  • Most babies this age have mastered crawling, can sit without help and pull themselves to a standing position. Your baby is probably driven to move around, pull himself up and stand upright for long periods while grabbing to a table or chair.

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

  • Your baby becomes more able to find hidden objects and begin to realize that you still exist even when you're out of sight. 

  • Babies at this age are mimics, and you may notice your baby imitating just about everything you do.

  • They listen to the sound of your words and watch you carefully to gauge your reactions. 

  • Interested in objects around him. Studies and feels them.

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

  • Ten-month-olds can understand and follow simple, one-step commands, such as “wave bye-bye.” 

  • Your baby may be begining to put strings of babble sounds together

  • And recognize meaning of some words versus just sounds

  • Your baby might become skilled at various gestures, such as shaking his or her head no, pointing at something out of reach, etc.

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Your baby might be more intersted in communicating, understanding "no" and recognizinf herself in a mirror.

Suggestions

"Curiosity Cube" by Earlyears

"Count and Compose Piano" by Baby Einstein 

"Moo Baa La La La" by Sandra Boynton

Features

  • Thick board pages

  • 14 pages

  • Age three and unde

  • Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.6 x 5.8 inches

  • Amazon's best book of the 2013 award

 

Safety

  • No small or loose pieces

 

Why we love it

  • You will have a wonderful time reading this one together!

  • Its funny and it rhyms! 

  • your child will enjoy hearing you make the various animal sounds, and he might try to imitate them.

  • The drawings are fun and colorful. The language is simple but entertaining

  • Gives your chatterbox a head start on good speech patterns by repeating his words back to him using adult language



Recommendations of use

  • Set aside time for reading every day — even if it's only a few minutes.

  • At this age, your baby might love books with flaps, textures or simple activities.

  • Make your reading more interesting by adding facial expressions, sound effects and voices for various characters.

  • Store thie book within easy reach so that your baby can explore it whenever the mood strikes

 

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