Get Your Groove On
Get Your Groove On
“Shared experience” is a key factor in successful early learning. Baby Einstein has acknowledged that their baby videos are not educational and are offering a refund to parents. How to get your refund and the reasons why are explained in the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/education/24baby.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper
Setting your child in front of the TV works in the same way as putting the baby by the washing machine or vacuum cleaner – calming, hypnotizing even, but not educational. Videos are not a learning environment for children under 2 years old.
So get up and dance, curl up and snuggle, share a story and a song. The following books invite you to get up and act out the story, problem solve, and imagine together. Enjoy!
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt Rosen, Michael Illustrator Oxenbury, Helen 1989-01 - Margaret K. McElderry Books 9780689504761 Check Our Catalog
"A typically wonderful Oxenbury family sets out with gusto on a bear hunt, and the old story comes to life. . . Paintings are simply marvelous. . . . Rosen's retelling is spare, with a driving rhythm, and some new sounds add sparkle to the traditional tale . . . Just plain fun from beginning to end . . ".--The Horn Book, starred review. School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Honor Book; Horn Book Fanfare List. …More |
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Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey, Robert 1999-02 - Puffin Books 9780140564341 Check Our Catalog
"One of the merriest picture-books . . . told in very few words with a gravity that underscores the delightful comedy of the pictures--fine large pictures, strongly drawn, with a wealth of detail".--The New York Times. A Caldecott Award winner. …More |
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There's an Alligator Under My Bed Mayer, Mercer Illustrator Mayer, Mercer 1987-03 - Dial Books 9780803703742 Check Our Catalog
The There's a Nightmare In My Closet, bringing back that story's imaginative young hero for an even funnier nighttime adventure. Full-color illustrations. …More |
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The Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack 1996-01 - Viking Children's Books 9780670867332 Check Our Catalog
Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, Keats' story of a young boy experiencing the year's first snowfall has delighted millions of readers. Now this perennial favorite is accessible to even the youngest child in a durable board book edition. Full-color illustrations. 15 spreads. …More |
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Swimmy Lionni, Leo 1973-04 - Dragonfly Books 9780394826202 Check Our Catalog
Illus. in color. "An exquisite picture book. A little fish, the lone survivor of a school of fish swallowed by a tuna, devises a plan to camouflage himself and his new companions."--(starred) "School Library Journal. …More |
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The Story of Ferdinand Leaf, Munro Illustrator Lawson, Robert 1977-06 - Puffin Books 9780140502343 Check Our Catalog
Published over 50 years ago, The Story of Ferdinand is one of the bestselling children's books of all time, and the bull who preferred sitting under the cork tree and smelling flowers to fighting has become a hero to generations of children. …More |