As an educator, you have the crucial role of helping parents and caregivers build healthy families. Age-Appropriate Play: The First Four Years is the perfect tool! This comprehensive three-volume set, brings examples of age-appropriate play to life. By teaching parents the importance of these positive interactions, you can help lay the foundation for lifelong learning.

With Age-Appropriate Play: The First Four Years, parents will learn to:
# Promote learning and other developmental skills through play
# Provide safe, interesting and appropriate learning environments
# Recognize developmental milestones

Volume 1: The First 12 Months
# Holding, gazing and talking for bonding and stimulation
# Providing open and safe spaces for learning new gross motor skills
# Assisting with the emergence of self-awareness using simple games
# Playing with household objects to develop fine motor skills

Volume 2: 12 to 24 Months
# Stimulating language skills through reading, singing and playing games
# Encouraging beginning imitative and imaginative play
# Offering intriguing outdoor environments for safe exploration
# Inspiring motor skills with balls, water, sand and other everyday objects

Volume 3: 2- and 3-Year-Olds
# Developing fine motor skills using art and other tactile play
# Promoting positive social behaviors at home and preschool
# Improving language skills with music, stories, books and more
# Supporting increasingly complex imaginative and cooperative play

TEACH THE PARENTS WELL
Each volume of Age-Appropriate Play includes a Facilitator's Guide with reproducible parent handouts. There are even specific activity recommendations for caregivers, so the teaching is easier, and so is the learning.

K-12: Self-Esteem
Early Childhood: Play