Resources

parent materials that can be used right now!
 

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Highlights of what's happening at this stage
of your child's development:

• Your Child @ Birth

• Your Child @ 2 months

• Your Child @ 4 to 6 months

• Your Child @ 6 to 12 months

• Your Child @ 12 to 18 months

• Your Child @ 18 to 24 months

• Your Child @ 24 to 36 months

• Your Child @ 3 Years

• Your Child @ 4 Years

• Your Child @ 5 Years

Parent Tools
Checklists, Logs, and Activity Ideas

• Are you Baby Smart?

• Child Care Checklist

• Everyday Activities for Dad

• Family History Projects

• Helping All Children Get Ready for School

• Five Key Ideas for New Parents

• Learning on the Go

• Meal Ideas for Young Children

• Fun and Games with Songs

• Make Reading Fun

• Sleep Diary
   

Child Development Guide

• Kid Basics
   

Understanding Children Fact Sheets

• Child Care

• Fathers

• Illness

• Intelligence

• Literacy

• Manners

• Parent-Child Relationships

• Good Sleep Habits

• Sleep Stages

• Understanding your Child's Feelings
   

Recipes for Learning
Fun activities to spark your child's language and learning

Infants

• Reading

• Songs & Rhymes

• Stories

• Talking & Listening

• Writing & Drawing

Toddlers

• Reading

• Songs & Rhymes

• Stories

• Talking & Listening

• Writing & Drawing

Preschoolers

• Reading

• Songs & Rhymes

• Stories

• Talking & Listening

• Writing & Drawing

 

Grocery Store Shopping List Tips
Download a new list for each trip to the store

1. Grocery shopping general tips

2. Turn shopping time into story time

3. Add your child's interests to your shopping list

4. Pass the time with a rhyme

5. Size things up

6. Shop around

7. Shop, look & listen

8. Fill up on conversation

9. Comparison shop

10. Have books on hand

11. Make it routine

12. Read & roll

13. Play around with opposites

14. Add color to your cart

15. Don't skip the good stuff

16. Write in front of your child

See our Public Service Announcements

• Piggies

• Laundry

• ATM

• Signs

• Supermarket

BORN LEARNING DVD
This special double feature DVD is designed for parents, grandparents and caregivers. Begin with Love® is hosted by Oprah Winfrey, and Grandparenting: Enriching Lives® is hosted by Maya Angelou.

Features:

• Part one is a thirty minute segment titled Begin with Love narrated by Oprah Winfrey, focusing on a parent's relationship with their infant from the beginning.

• Part two is a 30 minute segment titled Grandparenting: Enriching Lives which presents the most up-to-date information on child development for the grandparents as care-givers, who today play a more central role in caring for young children than ever before.

View Clips of the Born Learning DVD narrated by Oprah Winfrey and Maya Angelou and find out how you can get your own DVD.