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Games to Play with Your 7 Month Old / Language: English
Author: Riley, Dave
Publisher: University of Minnesota Extension Services (2002)
Description: The University of Minnesota's Extension Services has provided this piece for parent's of infants. This short article provides a few ideas of various games to play with infants that may help them with language development by imitating and practicing making sounds and speaking.

Games to Play with Your Baby / Language: English
Author: Riley, David
Publisher: University of Minnesota Extension Services (2002)
Description: The University of Minnesota's Extension Services has provided this short piece to illustrate some games to play with your baby that will help with her cognitive development. Games are a good way to have fun and to help your infant learn at the same time.

Games to Play with Your Eight-Month-Old / Language: English
Author: Riley, Dave
Publisher: University of Minnesota Extension Services (2002)
Description: The University of Minnesota Extension Services has provided this short piece illustrating a few games that parents" can play with their eight-month-old babies to help with their cognitive development. Infants begin to react to song and dance dramatically at this age.

Games to Play with Your Five-Month Old / Language: English
Author: Riley, Dave
Publisher: University of Minnesota Extension Services (2002)
Description: The University of Minnesota's Extension Services has provided this short piece to illustrate to parents a few games that they can play with their infants to help with the cognitive development. If your infant does not respond to the games listed, try again in a few weeks.

When to Toilet Train / Language: English
Author: Riley, David
Publisher: University of Minnesota Extension Services (2002)
Description: The University of Minnesota Extension Services has provided this peice as a helpful guide for parents for toilet training their toddlers. This article stresses that not every child will be ready to be toilet trained at the same age. It is important to be patient and allow the child to work at their own learning pace.

Activities for Infants / Language: English
Author: Wilbur, Donna
Publisher: University of Illinois Cooperative Extension (1993)
Description: This brief newsletter article describes how infants learn and the types of activities that encourage that learning. Safety is also addressed.

Good Times with Infants / Language: English
Author: Lagoni, Laurel
Publisher: Colorado State University Cooperative Extension (1989)
Description: This resource is part of a training curriuclum for child care providers titled "Good Times with Child Care." This chapter describes characteristics of newborns and infants and ways that caregivers can encourage development.

Good Times With Toddlers / Language: English
Author: Lagoni, Laurel
Publisher: Colorado State University Cooperative Extension (1989)
Description: This fact sheet describes characteristics of toddlers and ways that caregivers can encourage development. One of a series.

Helping Infants Learn / Language: English
Author: Lopes, Marilyn
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Cooperative (1993)
Description: This fact sheet offers suggestions on helping babies learn in their first year through stimulating activities.

Blocks: Great Toys for All Ages (PDF) / Language: English
Publisher: Better Kid Care Program-Penn State
Description: This PDF was developed by Better Kid Care of Penn State to provide the parent and child care provider with information regarding how blocks are a great toy for almost any age child. Blocks can help a child develop their physical and math skills. Within this short piece, several ideas are given on how to construct one's own blocks.

Wisconsin / Language: English
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Extension (2002)
Description: This page has been developed by the University of Wisconsin Extension Services to provider the reader with a short piece describing how blocks can be beneficial to children of all ages. Blocks help a child with their creative play abilities, their math skills, and enable them to engage in cooperative play.

Block Play: Building a Child's Mind (PDF) / Language: English
Publisher: NAEYC (1997)
Description: This fact sheet discusses how children learn by playing with blocks physically, socially, intellectually and creatively. It also suggests other resources about blocks.

Board Games / Language: English
Author: Smith, Charles
Publisher: Kansas State University
Description: This Web page discusses board games and how they can contribute to learning, It also provides links to recommended board games and game reviews.

Making Blocks (PDF) / Language: English
Author: Oesterreich, Lesia
Publisher: Iowa State University Cooperative Extension (1995)
Description: This fact sheet provides information about children's block play. It includes suggestions for guiding block play and instructions for making wooden blocks.

Making Puzzles (PDF) / Language: English
Publisher: Iowa State University (1995)
Description: In this fact sheet, the author discusses the benefits of puzzles for young children's development. The author also provides suggestions for selecting puzzles for children of various ages and instructions for making puzzles.

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