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Updated on 04/22/2006

Infants 0-1yr
Yingshan Shi, MD,

My favorite toys, books, music, songs, websites, and …
 

Books

Music & Songs

Websites, Movies/CDs

A little duck, Animal books,
Cinderella, Disney 365 stories, Dr. Seuss-Sam I am, Cat in the hat, Elmo,
Five little monkeys,
Good night teddy, Green eggs & Ham, Guess how much I love you,
Home on the range, Jack in the box,
Little Miss Spider, Once Upon A Cloud,
Sesame St. series, Whose feet?
Please baby please, Sweet sweet babies,
The little green towel truck, Train and Truck,
Books about colors, Hardcover books can make sounds, Touch and feel books

Classical music
Mozart, Beethoven
 Smooth Jazz
Nursery rhymes
Baby Einstein
Disney songs

Classic music channel at Chicago 98.7 WFMT Baby mobile radio$30.

http://pbskids.org
http://www.starfall.com/
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestree
http://disney.go.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/
Baby Einstein DVD's
Sesame St.
Music together CD, So Smart (Shapes)!

  • Read more books, and read more different books!
  • Go to local library to check 10 or 20 books out weekly or bi-weekly.
  • Go to bookstore to read books.
  • Go to Dollar tree stores http://www.dollartree.com/index.cfm, Where every book is $1:00 (Books are limited there)
  • Go to garage sales and you may find good books with average price of $25c to $1.00 each.
  • The Borders (Bookstore) located at the corner of 53rd and lake shore at Chicago. Most of book at a bargain price $2.99 to $5.99
  • Go to book fair http://teacher.scholastic.com/fairs/warehouse/, you may get significantly discounted books. (Some parents go to the book fair and buy > 100 books once a year.
  • Have birthday parties for your kids at bookstore and let kids read books there. Then you buy some their favorite books as birthday gift for them.
  • Bookstore gift cards are also pretty good, which allow kids to choose the books they like.
  • Ask relatives, grandparents, and friends send books as gifts for holidays, or family special celebrations.

Favorite Toys

Favorite Plays


Radio

Floor time, tummy time (4mo)
Play balls (9 mo)

 
 

ABC Book Blocks, Baby Leapfrog, Chew toys,
Counting catipilor, Discovery Ball, Drum,
Einstein Gym, Jungle Gym
Kick N Play Piano, Keys,

Musical Car
Learning puppy/Fisher Price
Octopus,
Plastic elephant, Pink pig
Shape Toys

 

 
Wood Blocks: One of the best toys for kids age 0 to 10 year old


15 mo


2 mo  

 

2mo grasp the block
4mo reach the block
6mo hold the blocks in both hands, transfer the block from hand to hand
9mo banged the blocks, pick up the block by thumb & fingers
15mo stack 2 blocks
18mo stack 4 blocks
24mo stack 6 block
36mo stack 8 block, build a bridge
48mo build stairs
shopping: Target, Wal-Mart (not colorful)
http://www.gummylump.com/front/f_category.php?id=26


6 mo


4 year old

 

Books inspire parenting skills
Complete baby & child care (by Dr. Miriam Stoppard)
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child (by Marc Weissbluth)
Boundaries with Kids (by Dr. Henry Cloud)
With love -a celebration of words and pictures for the very young (Compiled by Wendy Cooling)
 
Books help to start searching children books

20th Century Children's Book Treasure (Compiled by Schulman, Janet)
Albert Le Blanc (By Nick Butterworth)

 
Websites for parents- education and sale

http://www.zerotothree.org
Wonderful website for development of infants & toddles
Parenting
Parenting
Parenting
Breast feeding chatting
Breast feeding chatting
Pregnancy and parenting
Online guide to babies
Pregnancy and parenting
Free pregnancy calendar or baby's first years calendar.
Pregnancy and parenting
Parenthood
Parenting
Parenting
Parenthood
Parenthood , free Baby-center News
Toysrus
Babies”R”us
Good start formula
Wal-Mart
Gerber
Leapfrog
   
Recreational activities

Music Together: long established, relatively affordable, highly recommended by parents of kids from 2 weeks old to school age http://www.musictogether.com/  66 Witherspoon Street, Princeton  NJ 08542 (800)728-2692 

Sherwood Conservatory of Music - Founded 1895 Bring music to life
http://www.sherwoodmusic.org  1312 S. Michigan Ave.  (312) 427-6267

Gymboree Play and Music Center -Age-appropriate parent/child interactive play groups for age’s birth-4yo 3158 N. Lincoln Ave. (773) 296-4550  http://www.gymboree.com

Kindermusik -A joyful, creative music curriculum for newborn to 7 years  
(773) 325-7262  (773) 637-9936,  (312) 266-9587,  http://www.kindermusik.org
http://www.radiantmother.com/childactivities.htm  Entertainment and Play in Chicago- Indoor and outdoor activities for babies and young kids to hang out.

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club-Children's Programs Tot Lot. indoor play center for the very young through age 4. $24.00 for 12 visits http://www.hpnclub.org/children.php
 

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Any more information or ideas for fun and educational books, websites, toys, T.V. series, book stores, libraries, music or fitness centers…,  please email to funeducationabc@yahoo.com