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Summary: Colorful and Informative!
Review: I purchased this book for my son at 3 months of age. This book contains alot of information and activities for parent and baby. The pages are layed out in an attractive style. The book also provides tips and music lyrics and items to use for play. I was looking for a book that would help me with the physical development of my son and this is a winner!
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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: I purchased this book hoping it would have good ideas on things to do with my 9-month-old. However, it really adds nothing new at all. Most of the so-called "age-appropriate activities" are common-sense things I do with my baby anyway. For example, the first activity for a newborn is "rock and sing your baby a lullaby". Well, duh! How many of us need a book to tell us THAT? For older babies, suggestions include playing ball or peek-a-boo (gee, now isn't that original!), purchasing a stacking toy, rolling a ball, or reading a book. Virtually all of these suggestions can be found in any general book about babies, e.g., Dr. Sears' Baby Book.
This book also contains lyrics to several children's songs but does not contain the melody - so they're worthless if you don't already know the song. You're much better off purchasing a book-CD set instead, e.g., "Wee Sing for Baby" is AWESOME!
Skip this one- save your money and spend it on a good children's book or CD instead.
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Summary: a good book for first time parents
Review: I was first time parent and never really been around with other kids before. I didn't know what to do or how to interact with my baby. Playing with your baby is such important thing and will help them develop physically and mentally. This book helps a lot and is very easy to read. I would recommend to new parents that are not very experience with kids.
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Summary: Another awesome Gymboree play book!
Review: Sometimes when you look at your infant, you may wonder...what can I do to entertain him...and myself? This book is full of wonderful songs, games, and activities to foster the growth of your child's budding senses and motor skills. It's broken down into sections of appropriate age games...the nice thing is that while it offers many fun and different songs and activities, it also tells you exactly what and how they are helping your child to develop. Full of vibrant, color photographs, this book is, in my opinion, the best baby game manual on the market. Look also for Toddler Play to continue the fun!
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Summary: You don't need a book to tell you this stuff
Review: The book is colorful, has nice pictures and descriptions, but most of the activities in this book are things you would probably do with your child anyway. You're better off spending the money on a CD or toy, or admission to the zoo.
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Summary: Great ideas, nice guide to what area you are improving
Review: There are so many activities that I would never have thought of. Some are obvious and what every parent does but many are simple, use household objects, are fun and are new to us. I like having activities that don't require the latest and greatest toy. Would you think of using a paper towel roll and scarf to make a game? My son squeals at this and wants to pull the scarf. I also like that it lists what skills are being reinforced with each activity. My son needs more work on his upper body strength so I just flip through pages and stop on the activities that focus on this.We go to playgroups, My Gym, Mommy and Me and this book gave us plenty of new ideas of little activites that make our day so much more interesting. It's a big hit with Daddy too since he is often at a loss for what to play with a six month old.
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Summary: Great gift idea for new or expectant moms!
Review: This book gives new parents wonderful playtime ideas to use with babies of all ages. I wish I would have had it when my baby was a newborn. I plan on giving this book as a baby shower gift.
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Summary: Fabulous!!
Review: This book gives you lots of ideas for playing with your infant right from the beginning. It is fabulous for first time parents and makes a great baby shower gift. I used it in conjunction with the Wee Exercise DVD (by LeBlanc and Barnes) and found the two together to be a great combination!! Either one alone is fabulous as well! Enjoy!!
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Summary: I wish I had bought this book sooner!!!
Review: This book has really given me some good ideas on games to play with my 10 month old. As a first time parent with little experience playing with babies, I really appreciate the help! The book is very well laid out with activites based on ages from 0 to 9 months and up. Each activity is pictured and described in detail with instructions for making any accesories to the activities that you don't have or want to buy. Also, the book includes lyrics to rhymes, songs and lullabies that you may have forgotten. I was concerned that this book would just be a big advertisement for Gymboree, but it is not. I would recommend this to any parent with a baby under one, especially if you're inexperienced or low on imagination (due to lack of sleep!)
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Summary: I love this!
Review: This book has some simple ideas that you can try out with your baby right away. Yes, I've heard a lot of these ideas elsewhere, but it's nice to have them all in one place:) I also appreciate having the words to the baby songs in the book; sometimes I can't remember a line or two!
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