Linda Acredolo

In my honest opinion, I really didn’t like this book or find it amusing. To begin with, I don’t think that the signs it is identifying or teaching is essential items. For example, the book identifies objects such as a book or a hat, but leaves out things like hungry or tired. It also leaves out hello and goodbye which are a few of the first things that a baby/infant should be taught. Next, I didn’t really like this book because there wasn’t much to it. I don’t think that it is a book that children would like to read. It is more useful for a parent in order to teach their infants how to use signals and/or sign. The main idea that this book is trying to get across is to offer and teach young children learning signs when they are not yet able to talk or use their words to say or ask for something.… (más)

One of my all-time favorite parenting/child development books. The authors summarize major child development research in a fun, easy to read, easy to understand manner. Then they offer practical suggestions for related games and activities for babies and toddlers that correspond to each developmental phase. This books is hands-on fun! It doesn't have the pretension of other baby brain development books that promise earlier reading and higher IQs. Instead, this book promotes strategies and activities that engage a child's natural interests and curiousities as they grow, giving them developmentally appropriate mental input and nourishment. I liked the fact that nearly all activities involve interaction with a parent or caregiver, which is, hands-down, the most important brain-booster of all!… (más)