Play and Learn With Your Baby: Simple Activities with Amazing Benefits

DK

Feb 2020 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Nigel Clarke and Emma Powell

About this audiobook

Are you a mum, dad or carer of a young baby? Are you frazzled, sleep-deprived, but desperate to make every moment with your baby count? Perhaps you'd love to visit a baby club, but can't. Don't worry - let the baby club come to you. Based on The Baby Club, the ground-breaking CBeebies show, Play & Learn with your Baby is packed with bite-sized activities that you can both enjoy - explore everyday objects, have fun singing and telling stories, then mellow out.

The audiobook reveals the psychology and child development theory that underpins every activity, and shows you how to apply those principles to almost everything you do with your baby - nappy time, bath time, to calm and soothe, in the park, at the cafe, and on the bus.

Bringing discovery, exploration, songs and stories to your daily activities with your young baby sounds simple, but is in fact transformative for your baby's developing cognitive function, language and communication skills, motor skills, emotional and social development, and more. This audiobook tells you why and shows you how.

With Play & Learn with your Baby, everyone is invited to the baby club - anytime, anywhere. What are you waiting for?

Dr Sally Smith is a professor of child development and CEO of the charity for parents and children, Peeple. Peeple advised The Baby Club programme's production team on child development theory.

Nigel Clarke has established himself as a children's television favourite, having presented popular shows for Disney, Nickelodeon, ITV, Channel 4, Cartoon Network, and BBC. Nigel is a co-host of CBeebies' The Baby Club.

Including original music from The Baby Club sung by Nigel Clarke.

© 2020 Dr Sally Smith © 2020 DK Audio

About the author

Sally Smith (Consultant Editor) is an expert in early child development. Having worked in the Department of Education at Oxford University, Sally is now CEO of the charity Peeple. Peeple's main purpose is to support parents and carers, babies and children to learn together - by valuing and building on what families already do. Peep practitioners and families share information and ideas from the Peep Learning Together Programme about how to make the most of the learning opportunities that surround us in everyday life and play. Peeple advised The Baby Club programme's production team on the child development theory that underpins all the activities on the programme. Sally is a mum of three.

Nigel Clarke (Foreword writer) has established himself as a children's television favourite, having presented popular shows for Disney, Nickelodeon, ITV, Channel 4, Cartoon Network, and BBC. Nigel is a co-host of CBeebies' The Baby Club. His blog for the show, Nigel's Baby Club Diaries, is a place to find out more about each episode, alongside tips and tricks he has learned on his own parenting journey. As a result of filming The Baby Club, Nigel has also become a Peep Practitioner; working with the charity, Peeple, to create early learning programmes for children and parents to learn and grow together. Nigel hosted the red carpet and back-stage interviews at the 2011 Children's BAFTAs and has a keen social media following. Nigel has two young children.

Nigel Clarke (Foreword writer) has established himself as a children's television favourite, having presented popular shows for Disney, Nickelodeon, ITV, Channel 4, Cartoon Network, and BBC. Nigel is a co-host of CBeebies' The Baby Club. His blog for the show, Nigel's Baby Club Diaries, is a place to find out more about each episode, alongside tips and tricks he has learned on his own parenting journey. As a result of filming The Baby Club, Nigel has also become a Peep Practitioner; working with the charity, Peeple, to create early learning programmes for children and parents to learn and grow together. Nigel hosted the red carpet and back-stage interviews at the 2011 Children's BAFTAs and has a keen social media following. Nigel has two young children.

Nigel Clarke (Foreword writer) has established himself as a children's television favourite, having presented popular shows for Disney, Nickelodeon, ITV, Channel 4, Cartoon Network, and BBC. Nigel is a co-host of CBeebies' The Baby Club. His blog for the show, Nigel's Baby Club Diaries, is a place to find out more about each episode, alongside tips and tricks he has learned on his own parenting journey. As a result of filming The Baby Club, Nigel has also become a Peep Practitioner; working with the charity, Peeple, to create early learning programmes for children and parents to learn and grow together. Nigel hosted the red carpet and back-stage interviews at the 2011 Children's BAFTAs and has a keen social media following. Nigel has two young children.