"This invaluable guide is packed with simple ideas and fun activities to help children reach their creative learning potential. Develop your child's natural talents in language, music, art, drama, science and numbers; 'talent spotter' charts help you to recognize and develop special abilities; monitor your child's progress using the year-by-year development checklists." - Back cover.
Children who are stimulated and nurtured from an early age, with opportunities for learning through play, often have higher IQ scores and adjust more easily to school. Over 200 fun activities will boost your child's brain development and help with their co-ordination, memory, problem solving, musical skills, and word and number power. Child development expert, Dr. Dorothy Einon explains what research says and how the activities stimulate your child. Special features show the learning opportunities in everyday situations.
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Practical, lively and inspiring manual, suggesting hundreds of games and activities to meet the needs of different age groups