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Active Baby, Healthy Brain 135 Fun Exercises and Activities to Maximize Your Child's Brain Development from Birth Through Age 5 1/2

by: Sassé, Margaret; Glascoe, Frances Page; McKail, Georges

Active Baby, Healthy Brain 135 Fun Exercises and Activities to Maximize Your Child's Brain Development from Birth Through Age 5 1/2

by: Sassé, Margaret; Glascoe, Frances Page; McKail, Georges

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9781615190065
ISBN 10:
1615190066
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/12/2010
Publisher: The Experiment

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Movement, play, and active exploration in the first five years of a child's life are essential to the development of his or her body and brain. Now Active Baby, Healthy Brain presents 135 massages, exercises, and activities that engage your child's love of play while also stimulating his or her brain development in multiple areas, including:

Foreword	p. 9
Terms used in this book	p. 10
Preface	p. 13
Nutrition	p. 14
Birth to 6 months	p. 15
Basic activities	p. 15
Helping your infant's development	p. 16
Inhibition of the primitive reflexes	p. 17
Massage, massage, massage ...	p. 18
... and more massage	p. 19
General infant activities	p. 20
Infant exercises	p. 21
Vestibular stimulation	p. 22
Floor playtime	p. 23
Tummy time is vital	p. 24
Brain stimulation: dancing	p. 25
Music for all ages	p. 26
Exercises: 2-6 months	p. 27
Exercises for hips and limbs	p. 28
Vestibular fun	p. 29
More vestibular fun	p. 30
Nursery rhymes, rhythm, and song	p. 31
Vision: Birth to 2 months	p. 32
Vision: 2-6 months	p. 33
Forward movement: 3-6 months	p. 34
Muscle tone development	p. 35
Legs, feet, and hands stimulation	p. 36
Movement stimulation	p. 37
Vestibular stimulation	p. 38
6-12 months	p. 39
Creeping, cruising, walking	p. 39
Massage	p. 40
Massage, exercises, music	p. 41
Tummy time	p. 42
Crawling on the front	p. 43
Bottom shufflers	p. 44
Shoulders, arms, and hands development	p. 45
Balance through muscle tone stimulation	p. 46
Creeping activities	p. 47
Ladders	p. 48
Cruising, bobbing, and thinking	p. 49
Exercises: 10-12 months	p. 50
Dancing	p. 51
Rocking, swinging, and jiggling	p. 52
Visualization	p. 53
Walking to 18 months	p. 54
Massage, music, and songs	p. 55
Basic motor planning: 12-15 months	p. 56
Balance: 15-18 months	p. 57
Developmental activities: 15-18 months	p. 58
Upper body development: 15-18 months	p. 59
Vestibular stimulation	p. 60
Rolling and tipping backward	p. 61
Rockin' and rollin'	p. 62
Music, rhythm, and song	p. 63
Dance exercises	p. 64
Vision	p. 65
Visualization	p. 66
18-24 months	p. 67
Massage	p. 68
Massage through exercise and song	p. 69
Exercise to music	p. 70
Nursery rhyme movements	p. 71
Muscle tone development	p. 72
Upper body development	p. 73
Animal locomotion	p. 74
Vestibular bending and spinning	p. 75
Wheelbarrows, swinging, and spinning	p. 76
Balance	p. 77
Further Balance	p. 78
Rhythm band	p. 79
Motor planning through dance	p. 80
Sensory motor perceptual activities	p. 81
Beanbags and balloons	p. 82
Balls	p. 83
Hoops	p. 84
Ribbons and cords	p. 85
Visual tracking	p. 86
Visualization	p. 87
2-2½ years	p. 88
Massage in crocodile position	p. 89
Angels in the sand	p. 90
Body awareness and vestibular stimulation	p. 91
Rolling and tumbling	p. 92
Swinging and spinning	p. 93
Wobble board and balance beam	p. 94
Motor planning: dance	p. 95
Music, rhythm, nursery rhymes, and songs	p. 96
Rhythm sticks	p. 97
Beanbags	p. 98
Balls	p. 99
Hoops	p. 100
Ribbons and cords	p. 101
Vision	p. 102
Visualization	p. 103
2½-3½ years	p. 104
Massage in crocodile position	p. 105
Tiger creeping	p. 106
Finger awareness	p. 107
Mini-trampoline exercises	p. 108
Body awareness and concepts	p. 109
Spinning and swinging	p. 110
Animal balance positions	p. 111
Wobble board	p. 112
Laterality for 3-year-olds	p. 113
Cross-pattern movements	p. 114
Music, dance, and rhythm	p. 115
Rhythm sticks	p. 116
Beanbags	p. 117
Balls	p. 118
Hoops	p. 119
Ribbons and cords	p. 120
Visual stimulation	p. 121
Visualization	p. 122
3½-4½ years	p. 123
Massage and cross-pattern commando	p. 124
Angels in the sand	p. 125
Balance	p. 126
Scooter boards	p. 127
Mini-trampoline	p. 128
Laterality	p. 129
Dance	p. 130
Rhythm sticks for 3-year-olds	p. 131
Rhythm sticks for 4-year-olds	p. 132
Beanbags	p. 133
Balls	p. 134
Hoops	p. 135
Ropes and cords	p. 136
Vision	p. 137
Visualization	p. 138
4½-5½ years	p. 139
Massage: crocodile and commando positions	p. 140
Squirming, crawling, and creeping	p. 141
Tumbling, rocking, swinging	p. 142
Balance	p. 143
Mini-trampoline	p. 144
Cross-pattern actions	p. 145
Aerobic dance	p. 146
Rest period with Mozart	p. 147
Homemade band	p. 148
Rhythm sticks	p. 149
Beanbags	p. 150
Balls	p. 151
Hoops	p. 152
Ropes and cords	p. 153
Vision	p. 154
Visualization	p. 155
Bibliography	p. 156
Index	p. 159
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Active Baby, Healthy Brain 135 Fun Exercises and Activities to Maximize Your Child's Brain Development from Birth Through Age 5 1/2

Active Baby, Healthy Brain 135 Fun Exercises and Activities to Maximize Your Child's Brain Development from Birth Through Age 5 1/2

9781615190065

1615190066

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