Content Descriptions of 7 Publications

Key #1: Care For Yourself

Doing well starts with being well. Learn about sharing feelings, keeping your sense of humor, celebrating what you do well, nourishing your body, managing stress, and more.

Key #2: Cuddle, Talk, and Read with Your Child

Babies and toddlers love it when you smile, hug, and cuddle them. Listening, talking and reading while cuddling develops a warm bond between you and your child. This booklet suggests simple loving and language activities for play and caregiving which strengthen children's brain development for lifelong learning.

Key #3: Know How Your Child Develops

Babies and toddlers grow and change at an amazing rate, each one on his own timetable. Knowing what to expect of their development lets you have more fun planning and playing with them. This key offers several rules about growth and change, as well as numerous fun activities for various ages and stages. A developmental growth chart accompanies this booklet.

Key #4: Be Playful with Your Child

Playtime is when babies and toddlers grow best, especially when playing with their most important teachers - you and your family. This booklet is filled with inexpensive play and learning activities for various ages.

Key #5: Show Your Child the World

Babies and toddlers are experts at building what they see, hear, smell, taste, and touch into complex webs of knowledge. They need us to introduce them to fascinating places where they can experience these sensations. This booklet contains ways to show your child the world of home, backyard, neighborhood, and community.

Key #6: Teach Self-Control

How can we start our little ones on the path to managing their own behavior? Teaching self-control does not have to be hard - not if we start early and guide our children in positive, respectful, consistent ways. This key discusses preventing and responding to misbehavior and presents some practical techniques.

Key #7: Practice Health and Safety

Our Babies and toddlers count on us to keep them strong and safe as they move and explore. This is also the best age for teaching them to take good care of themselves. Learn ways to make your child's life as healthy and save as possible.