Books for Little Fingers
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Within Reach and Not on the Floor
Between six and ten months, most babies learn to enjoy the “drop-it” game. You hand them a toy, a sippy, your keys, etc. They drop it, then fuss. You pick it up. Repeat ad nauseum until you get sick of it. It really does have a purpose. They are developing the cognitive understanding of cause and effect, as well as a physical understanding of the space around them. However, there are times and places that developing this particular understanding is not exactly ideal: like in the shopping cart at the market or cruising the neighborhood in the stroller. Enter attachable toys. You’ll find them in many varieties: links, magnetic bands, clips, velcro. As a mama fond of reading and desirous of a childhood attachment to books, I am all for attaching books to (ok not really) but near my child! T is in a stage where he’s not real patient to listen to the stories, but loves to flip through the pages.
Variety Close at Hand
Soft Play publishes sets of baby-friendly books on clip-able rings that are just the right size for little hands. Each book is about 4 inches square, and my favorite set
comes with two board books, two cloth books, and 1 bath book (no ring). The cloth books have dimensional animals on the front, and are great for babies in the chewing stages. I’ve successfully laundered the cloth books after they’ve lived in the diaper bag for a while. One of the board books is touch and feel, and the other has sparkly patches in the illustrations, both highly entertaining. The bath book has a squeaker in the cover. Each features a different animal and has short rhyming text on each page. The stories are not prize-winners, but they’re fun and entertaining when you’re in line at the grocery store or the bank. This is one of my favorite gifts to buy for baby showers because of the variety and the fact that they are appropriate from infancy on with the soft cloth books and small size. Appropriate for: babies, toddlers
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4 comments:
Oooh an excellent baby shower idea. I'm definitely getting a couple of those for friends who've had babies recently.
I agree about the baby shower idea! i always try to buy my nephews books as presents, partly because I don't expect anyone else will :(
I love the variety in these sets. And those sparkly types are still popular with Princess at almost 4 :)
I love coming over here and seeing all of the great books!
Our goal at waddleeahchaa.com is to get children's literature into the hands of parents, teachers and CHILDREN. We highlight and give away a book every week. Pass along the link and together we can "feed" the children books! :)
Oops, forget to say AMEN on the baby shower gift. I always give baby/toddler books as shower gifts.
I always give books as gifts. Ask my nieces and nephews. Off to college and still getting books from Aunt Jeannine! :)
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