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Babies
Loving interaction and communicating with your baby is natural. Did you know that by playing, reading, and talking with your baby you are building a strong foundation for life long learning?
- Babies love to look, touch, taste, smell, and listen
- Babies listen to voices and other sounds
- Babies smile and mimic adult expressions
- Babies make sounds
- Babies love to touch books, look at pictures, and put books in their mouth
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Book Suggestions
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Reading and Activities
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- Read aloud to your baby
- Point to the pictures in the book and name them
- Play "peek-a-boo" and "pat-a-cake"
- Recite nursery rhymes or other rhymes that you enjoy
- Attend a Storytime
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Try This:
Hold your baby in your lap. Open a board book and slowly turn the pages. When your baby taps the pages or notices the picture, give verbal encouragement. For example, you might say "Yes! That is a kitten." As you enjoy the book together, keep talking and encouraging your baby's interest in the book.
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To read more about early literacy and infants:
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