Seven Recommendations for You & Your Baby
by Lenore Grubinger, IDME & Sarah Buttenwieser
This lovely booklet explains the benefits of certain positions and practices that support healthy development. Tips on how to help your baby be happy in Tummy Time are included. This is an excellent resource for any new parent, Well Baby Centers, nurse practitioners, infant daycare teachers, and early childhood specialists. Paperback, 24 pages.

Lenore Grubinger, registered Movement Therapist and Infant Developmental Movement Educator (IDME) is a Body-Mind Centering practitioner and teacher. She directs and conducts well-baby classes at Amajoy Developmental Movement and Bodywork Center in Florence, Massachusetts. For more information and to order You & Your Baby visit www.amajoy.net or call 413 584-5193.





Zero to Three is the nation's leading resource on the first three years of life established in 1977. Zero to Three is dedicated to promoting the healthy development of infants and toddlers by supporting families and professionals. Parent section presents developmental information in two parts: what's going on and what you can do.

www.ZeroToThree.org


Brainnet is a Washington State alliance dedicated to improving the lives of young children. You will find numerous resources for parents and professionals via this website.

www.Brainnet.wa.gov


The National Association for the Education of Young Children is the largest national organization for early childhood. Information on early education, upcoming conferences, research reports, policies and child care accreditation.

www.naeyc.org




Amazing Babies: Essential Movement for Your Baby in the First Year. Stokes, Beverly. Move Alive Media, Inc. Toronto, ON 2002.
A well-organized movement map of baby's development designed to engage the parent/caregiver in the developmental movment patterns an infant progresses through during the first year. Amazing Babies will validate the benefits of floor time for adults with babies. Fully illustrated with photos.
Paperback, 221 pages.



Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions From Birth Through Adolescence. Hopson, Janet and Diamond, Marian. Dutton-Penguin Putnam Inc., New York 1998.
A beautifully written book on enrichment practices from conception to adolescence. Marion Diamond writes from her years of experience as a scientist, thoroughly discussing the work of others across the nation who have researched enrichment from every angle. She presents a very balanced recipe for enrichment at every stage of development. A fabulous resource list of related books, products, organizations, websites and learning centers are included.
Paperback, 465 pages.


What's Going On In There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life. Eliot, Lise. Bantam Books, New York 1999.
Neuroscientist and mother, Lise Eliot, details the journey of brain development from conception to age 5. She follows the development of each one of the senses and how parents and caregivers can provide stimuli for optimal development. This book is for the reader who is fascinated with brain development.
Paperback, 460 pages.