365 games smart toddlers play : creative time to imagine, grow and learn

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    • Ellison, Sheila
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365 games smart toddlers play : creative time to imagine, grow and learn

Sheila Ellison

Sourcebooks, c2006

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"For kids 16 months to 4 years" -- Cover

Includes bibliographical references (p. [367])

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Description

365 Games Smart Toddlers Play will help you make the best of the time you and your toddler share, every day of the year. Each day with your toddler brings new experiences for them and new opportunities for you to teach, share and grow closer to each other. Bestselling parenting author Sheila Ellison fills each page with fun, practical ways to create and enhance those special everyday moments. Perfect for: Parents Grandparents Child-care providers Baby-sittersPraise for the 365 series: "Parents struggling to discover new playtime ideas can finally relax. Now there is a solution to every day of the year." -Parenting Magazine "Imaginative ways to raise healthy, happy families." -Healthy Kids

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Section One: Day-to-Day Life Chapter 1: Toddler Survival Tips Parent-to-Parent Bonding Stay Safe Just the Two of You Time for Self Balancing Work with Home Coping with a Toddler's Energy Clutter Cutters Stop-the-Whining Tips Taming the Tantrum Choosing a Daycare or Preschool Baby-Sitter Tips Getting Things Done Saying No Chapter 2: Daily Routines Daily Routine Hand-Washing Games Good Morning Special Breaks Our Day Dressing Fun Manners Potty Training Tips for Boys Potty Training Tips for Girls Phone Fun TV-and Computer-Time Tips Naptime Tricks Exercise Fun Chapter 3: Early Learning Games Reading Tips Blowing Know-How Hard and Soft Writing Practice Counting Songs Texture Mat Silly Book Texture Box Word Play Recording Fun My Picture Flash Cards Color Search Shape Dance Letter Book Chapter 4: Food-Time Fun Kitchen Helpers Tea-Party Dough Creative Mealtimes Pudding Paint Rice Fun Sorting Pasta Homemade Butter Homemade Ice Cream Playing the Food Manners Game Egg in a Bun Baked-Bread Sandwiches Honey-Lover's Chicken Yummy Parfaits Ice-Cream-Cone Cakes Designer Pancakes Chapter 5: Bath and Water Play Playing the Water Game Bubbles Away Rock Waves Fun with Ice Tub-Time Games Water Band Wading-Pool Basketball Rainbow Surprise Rain Games Sponge Tag Squirt Away Wiggle Slide Bottled Fun Chapter 6: Bedtime Bedtime Safari Sleep Mobile Bedtime Chart Flashlight Fun Dream Time I Am Thankful Monster Hunt Dream Catcher It's Up to You Feelings Today Story Inventions Pillow Pals Chapter 7: Room Decor Canvas Growth Chart Colored Light Learning Mat Felt Garden Playroom Design Tips Display Treasures Stained Glass You've Got Mail Room within a Room Mini-Size It Lamp Shades Felt Chairs Bed Headboards Section Two: Playtime Chapter 8: Let's Get Physical Scarf Play Rope Shapes Racing Games Construction Zone Animal Play Mirror Dancing Indoor Baseball Dance Fun Mattress Trampoline Freeze and Melt Chalk Town Masking Tape Work-Out Follow the Leader Chapter 9: Ball Play Balls a Rollin' Parachute Ball Tube Roll Balloon Tennis Bumper Ball Bedroom Basketball Big Ball Rolling Frisbee Ball Ball Pit Soccer Bouncy-Ball Book Tunnel Fun Croquet Chapter 10: Art and Sculpture Cleaning Arsenal Moving Masterpiece Flour Points Bag Painting Print Magic Clay Works Super-Stretch Dough Wallpaper Drawing Spin Painting Foil with Oil Painter's Paradise Event Wreath Antique Vase Fashion Design Pot Painting Chapter 11: Game Time Container Magic Magnet Mystery Penny Waterfall Game Paper Pull Object Outline Go Get It Channel Surfing Sensory Guess What What's Missing Letter Fishing Bead Catcher Puzzle Hunt Go Fish Hand Measurer Memory Games Where's It Hiding? Chapter 12: Music and Songs Silly Sing-Along Parade World Music Rubber-Band Harp Ribbon Dancing Musical Fingers Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes Homemade Instruments Clapping Rhythms Kitchen Band Guess the Noise Sound Count Story Soundtrack Chapter 13: Imaginative Play Puppet Play Balloon Friends My One Block Everyday Play Dough Dress-Up Box Mail Play Felt Characters Disguises Masking-Tape Madness A Rose by Any Other Color Voice Lessons Character Spin Finish the Story Introducing Humor Chapter 14: Nature Connection Mud Prints Nature Collecting Sand Play Dry Aquarium Feed the Birds Bug Trap Tree and Leaf Rubbings Egg Head Nature Museum Display Magnify It Blossoming Bulbs Wind Sock Moon Watch Snail Farm Chapter 15: Floor Time Adventures Bicycling Partner Exercises Planting Garden Massage Jar Play Magic-Carpet Rides Antigravity Machine Obstacle Course Parachutes Seesaw Follow That Noise Mini-Golf Sound Walk Wheel Hunting Chapter 16: Around the House Toy Spinner Cabinet Play Put In, Take Out Sock Duster Games Oops! Day Place Mats Grocery Shopping Bath Book Getting It Done Reading Nook Help Wanted Tent Fun Window Art How Does Your Garden Grow? Section Three: Out and About Chapter 17: Traveling with Toddlers Count Together Activity Bag Toddler-Proofing Kit Games to Play in a Restaurant Games to Play in the Car Games to Play on a Plane Games to Play While Standing in Line What Do They Have in Common? Coloring on the Go Postcards Home Cheap Thrills Guess What Game Travel Stationary Backseat drivers Chapter 18: Friends and Playgroups Why Start a Playgroup? Setting Up a Playgroup Bag of Tricks Parade Time Beanbag Group Games Toddler Safari Presto Pizza Group Dance Games Sharing Field Trips Playgroup Plus The Parent Squad Toddler Friendships Co-op Baby-Sitting Chapter 19: Outdoor Play: Parks and Recreation Mud Play Pavement Painting Sand Play Water-Balloon games Sheet Design Do the Hula Hill Games Shadow Fun Sprinklers and Hose Games High Kites Flowering Names Outdoor Obstacle Course Pipe Forts Backyard Beasts Chapter 20: Parties and Celebrations Party Tips Party Fare Decorative Ice Bucket Thank-You Notes Group Games Sibling Party Car and Truck Party Tea Party Bubble Party Fishy Party Spring Is Here Garden Party Moving Party Father's Day Fashion Show Section Four: Family Time Chapter 21: Family Fun New Traditions Memory Lane Play Hooky Create Family Stationery Vacation Memories Play Silly Games Make Mealtime Special Hands of Time Between Us The Family That Cooks Together Backyard Camping Topsy Turvy Game Night Here, Fido Concrete Stepping Stone Chapter 22: Sibling Games Tips to Facilitate Sibling Play Family Puppets Ready, Set, Go Peekaboo Faces Food Projects Group Outings Camping In Preparing for a New Baby Random Kindness Sibling Theme Days Potpourri Shapes Bag Skits Special Parent Day Kitchen Table Landscape Silly Manners Chapter 23: Grandparenting Food for Thought Your Pace Establish a Play Area Special Books Stay in Touch Craft Projects Share Memories Start a Notebook Do the Unexpected Spoiling Family Totem Pole Childproofing Grandma's House Dream Supporter Chatper 24: Seasonal Fun Flowers in Bloom Tissue-Paper Egg Bouncy Bunnies Leaf Play SeasonalTreats Pumpkin Head Snow Fun Seasonal Journals Ice Melt Kiddy Pool Games Sugar Cube Igloo Weather Board Homemade Cards Section Five: Growing and Learning Chapter 25: Recording Yoru Thoughts Art Storage Ideas Books on Tape Birthday Memories Everyday Things Guest Book Say Cheese! Through the Years Jolly St. Nick Silhouettes Storybook Scrapbook Flare Your Child's Journal Chapter 26: Twelve Games Parents Play New Twist to Reward Charts Separation Anxiety Aggression Boredom Busters Potty Training Readiness Tooth-Brushing Basics Picky Eaters Positive Naptime Kicking the Pacifier Transfer to the Big-Kid Bed Thumb-Be-Gone Dawdler Toddler Chapter 27: Development Fifteen to Eighteen Months: Do and Feel Fifteen to Eighteen Months:Express and Think Eighteen to Twenty-One Months: Do and Feel Eighteen to Twenty-One Months:Express and Think Twenty-One to Twenty-Four Months: Do and Feel Twenty-One to Twenty-Four Months: Express and Think Twenty-Four to Thirty Months:Do and Feel Twenty-Four to Thirty Months: Express and Think Thirty to Thirty-Six Months: Do and Feel Thirty to Thirty-Six Months:Express and Think

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