Early Learning: Birth to Age 2

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 3 to 5, 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
Communication
These tips will help your child become an effective communicator.
Talking to Your Baby
Communicating with Your Baby
The Benefits of Talking to Your Baby
Teaching Your Baby to Speak
Tot Talk
Intelligence and Emotional Growth
These tips will help you nurture your child and encourage his mental development in his first few years.
Why Music Matters
Music Performances for Kids
Skill Building Through Play
The Eight Intelligences
Multiple Intelligences
Development
Read articles about your baby's development and what you can do to encourage it.
Developmental Activities by Age
How to Feed the Growing Brain
How Children's Brains Develop
Tummy Time
Your Toddler's Development
More on Babies and Toddlers
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