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Family Faces
Babies are attracted to faces. Take photos of your baby’s face and the faces of
family members and pets.
Put the “face photos” in a small photo album, one photo per page. Be sure to
find an album with pages that are easy to turn.
Look through the album with your baby. Point to each picture and name the
person or pet. Let your child try to help turn the pages.
Point to the eyes, nose, and mouth on the faces and name those also.
Making Books with Baby
Homemade books can be just as appealing to your infants as books you buy.
Look through toy and office supply catalogs, colorful newspaper ads, and junk
mail to find large pictures of familiar objects. Cut out the pictures and glue them
onto pieces of cardboard five inches by eight inches. Glue one picture on each
cardboard “page.” Cover the pages with clear contact paper.
Punch two holes near the top and bottom of the left side of each page and
attach them together with round key rings. Look for key rings where you can
slide the cards onto the ring. Avoid rings that easily snap open to avoid pinched
fingers! Another way to attach the pages together is to tie a shoe lace loosely
through the holes. Make a double or triple knot to keep the shoe lace from
coming undone.
Make books with different themes such as animals, toys, and “things that go” such
as cars, trucks, airplanes, and trains. Make a cover for each book.
Look through the books with your baby and name each object. See if she can
point to the pictures and try to turn the pages.
Put the books where your baby can reach them.
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