Early Learning: Birth to Age Two

Help your baby or toddler become a successful learner with these articles, activities, and resources. Encourage your child's learning with engaging educational activities, and read our articles to gain insight into your baby's emotional and mental development. For Early Learning: Ages Three to Five, click here.

Activities These engaging activities will help encourage your little one's learning. Activities with Baby Animal Dress-Up Card Shark Choose an Activity Color Sorting Corduroy The Day the Goose Got Loose Empty and Full Fifteen-Minute Reading Activities Five Trucks Gab About Good Night, Gorilla Hidden Prizes Icebergs In and Out In the Slot Little Cloud Look for Books Magnet Play Matching Socks More and More Hats Over in the Meadow Oonga Boonga Peek-a-Boo 101 Rainbow Binoculars Road Builders The Snowy Day Stocking the Toy Shelf A Summery Saturday Morning Triangle Hunt Milestones Learn about your baby's developmental stages, and find out how to encourage her growth with a development assessment tool called The Ounce Scale. The Ounce Scale Overview 0-4 Months 4-8 Months 8-12 Months 12-18 Months 18-24 Months 24-30 Months 30-36 Months Communication These tips will help your child become an effective communicator. The Benefits of Baby Talk Fostering Your Toddler's Imagination and Language Abilities Supporting Complex Communication in Toddlers How to Help Your Baby Communicate Your Baby: Becoming a Two-Way Communicator Intelligence and Emotional Growth These tips will help you nurture your child and encourage his mental development in his first few years. Help Your Baby Become Calm and Attentive Help Your Toddler Use Ideas and Symbols Help Your Toddler Become a Problem Solver Building Your Toddler's Problem Solving Ability Why Music Matters Why Pretend Play Is So Important The Importance of Floor Time Development Read articles about your baby's development and what you can do to encourage it. How to Feed the Growing Brain Your Child's Development: Logic and Abstract Thought Your Child's Development: 9-18 Months Your Child's Development: 36 and 48 Months Your Toddler: Solving Problems and Forming a Sense of Self Your Toddler's Development: Ideas and Imagination Your Toddler's Development: 24 and 30 Months More on Your Child's Development To Early Learning: Ages Three to Five