Mother Goose
Early Literacy Tip
Start early! Reading to babies is important for healthy brain development and lays the foundation for language and writing skills. It is never too early to start reading to your baby. 
 
CKPL offers bag of books, story kits, and a variety of databases to foster the love of reading.
 
Songs & Rhymes
Open Shut Them 
 
Open, shut them, open, shut them
Give a little clap, clap, clap
Open, shut them, open, shut them
Lay them in your lap, lap, lap
Creep them, crawl them, creep them, crawl them
Right up to your chin, chin, chin
Open up your little mouth, but do not let them in
 
Round and Round the Garden
 
Round and round the garden like a teddy bear (swirl finger around palm)
One step, two step (walk fingers up child’s arm)
Hidden under there! (tickle child’s underarm)
 
Book Recommendations

Peep Inside Books 
 
Engaging lift-the-flap book with holes to peep underneath and through. There is so much to discover in such a unique and charming way. You can find these books with the board book collection at any CKPL branch. 
 
Click on the cover of a book to place a hold in the catalogue.


Parenting Books
Raising adventurous eaters : practical ways to overcome picky eating & food sensory sensitivities
by Lara Dato

Children who are picky eaters often have sensory sensitivities that contribute to their food aversions-whether it's smell, taste, texture, or appearance. Written by a pediatric occupational therapist with a specialty in feeding, eating, and swallowing, this book offers eight evidence-based sensory strategies to help kids develop a positive relationship with food, so they can become healthy and adventurous eaters for life.
Oh crap! potty training : everything modern parents need to know to do it once and do it right
by Jamie Glowacki

Jamie Glowacki--potty-training expert, Pied Piper of Poop, and author of the popular guide, Oh Crap! Potty Training--shares her proven 6-step plan to help you toilet train your preschooler quickly and successfully. Her 6-step, proven process to get your toddler out of diapers and onto the toilet has already worked for tens of thousands of kids and their parents. Here's the good news: your child is probably ready to be potty trained EARLIER than you think (ideally, between 20-30 months), and it can be done FASTER than you expect (most kids get the basics in a few days--but Jamie's got you covered even if it takes a little longer). If you've ever said to yourself: ** How do I know if my kid is ready? ** Why won't my child poop in the potty? ** How do I avoid "potty power struggles"? ** How can I get their daycare provider on board? ** My kid was doing so well--why is he regressing? ** And what about nighttime?! Oh Crap! Potty Training can solve all of these (and other) common issues. This isn't theory, you're not bribing with candy, and there are no gimmicks. This is real-world, from-the-trenches potty training information--all the questions and all the ANSWERS you need to do it once and be done with diapers for good
 
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