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The
ChildLinks Connection
All of the materials featured in this
section are
available for check out at no charge.
Enroll in ChildLinks today...it's FREE
for families with
young children birth to five years of
age.
On
the Menu:
Food Fights - Winning the Nutritional
Challenges of Parenthood Armed with
Insight, Humor, and a Bottle of Ketchup
by Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP & Jennifer
Shu, MD, FAAP
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How to pick your battles and arm
yourself accordingly
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Dealing with whining, throwing food, and
other challenging habits
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TV
dinners, fast food, huge portions, and
other nutritional minefields
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Mealtime milestones - from baby's first
cereal to letting go of sippy cups
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Eating out, grocery shopping, and travel
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The
5-second rule
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Drinking and dozing, juice, soda pop,
and other classic drinking problems
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Influences from family, friends, and
child care providers
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Sick
kids, vitamins, body weight, allergies,
constipation, spitting up...and so much
more!
Featured Toys:
Coggols game-like structure provides
young children many opportunities for
fun and success as they learn and
practice essential pre-reading,
pre-writing, and number skills. Best of
all, Coggols allows children to
understand and practice mathematics and
language skills even before they can
manage pencil and paper.
Sand Writing 1
A non-threatening and fun way
to practice prewriting skills
Cube Count
The youngest child can understand
what numbers mean with Cube Count
Spin Match & Graph Geo
Shapes
A fun spinner game to teach first
geometric shapes
Quality Time: Explore
and look for pleasurable opportunities
for weaving literacy into everyday
family life.
Link reading materials to your child's
experiences and concerns. If you child
is getting a haircut, look for books
about the hairdresser or barber shop. If
your child has developed a fear of the
dark, look for books that feature
characters with the same fear. It's
Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr is
great for a child struggling with issues
of difference among peers. My Visit
to the Aquarium by Aliki is
wonderful to read after a visit to the
aquarium, as you and your child compare
and contrast what you saw with those
things included in the book.
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Allow your child to browse road and
park maps while traveling.
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While at a restaurant, align sugar
packets to make letters.
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While running errands, make a game
out of searching for letters of the
alphabet.
These
and many other practical
ideas can be found in
Beyond Bedtime Stories -A
Parent's Guide to Promoting Reading,
Writing, and Other Literacy Skills from
Birth to 5
by V. Susan Bennett-Armistead, Nell K.
Duke & Annie M. Moses
For
more information contact,
Martin/Pitt Partnership for Children
@252.756.1567
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