The Baby Owner's Games and Activities Book

by Joe Borgenicht, Joe Borgenicht, Paul Kepple (Illustrator)

Boost Your Baby’s Brain Power!
 
Babies learn about their world by playing. And with The Baby Owner’s Games and Activities Book , you’ll discover 75 exciting ways to enrich their minds, strengthen their bodies, and spark their imaginations. No expensive toys or battery-operated gizmos are required—just common household materials and a little creativity. From cooking and making crafts to dancing, playing music, and imitating favorite zoo animals, these activities all feature numerous developmental benefits. Compatible with all models ages 0–36 months, The Baby Owner’s Games and Activities Book will result in hours of enjoyment.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2006

About the author

Joe Borgenicht is an internationally recognized writer and entrepreneur who, at the age of 48, finally feels like he knows enough to say something of value.

Reviews

[Nicola · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting approach that may appeal especially to guys or engineers. The book is written kind of like a help book for a new appliance or software programme. The activities are sorted for different developmental stages and there's a cool appendix at the back of nursery rhymes/songs.

[Darren · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unlike The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips & Advice on First-Year Maintenance, which I thought was a fantastic primer for the expecting parent, this feels phoned in. It's really thin, for one thing, about half the size of the Owner's Manual, and that's already half-pages. Most of the games themselves are games everyone knows, not given their proper name. "Look out the window and say what you see". That sure sounds like "I spy"...

I would say avoid, but it looks pretty on the shelf beside the companion volume, and I am a sucker for such things.

[Serena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally, The Baby Owner’s Games and Activities Book by Lynn Rosen and Joe Borgenight offers a wide variety of activities to do with a baby and is grouped by specific age ranges to ensure proper development. Again, this reference guide offers a fun and non-clinical look at development. Surprisingly, I found myself doing some of the activities outside our daughter’s age range, but she seemed to just go with the flow and gobble up the knowledge. The age ranges are not hard and fast rules/categories.

Please see the full review on Aug. 12: http://savvyverseandwit.com/2011/08/r...

[Danine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This books gives unique ideas to parents about playing games and interacting with their children. I am a fan of turning off the television and actually playing with and educating my child. This book was given as a gift and I love it. I have many infant activity books and this one provided ideas that did not come up in all my other books.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Les jeux de mots en lien avec mon "modèle" tombent vite sur les nerfs car ils alourdissent la lecture et complexifient la compréhension des activités. Il y a de belles suggestions, par contre, j'aurais aimé que le livre explique plus en quoi certaines activités sont plus profitables à un âge qu'à un autre (par exemple en donnant de l'information sur le développement du bébé).

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

A funny and VERY practical hands-on guide with diagrams and all. Not easy to find, but worth every penny!!! Todd loved it-her read it in the hospital while I was in labor...

[Enrique Cisneros]

Excelentes juegos y actividades para compartir con sus hijos!

[Patrice · Rating 3 out of 5]

The style has already been done in the baby owner's manual and I didn't think the activity ideas were that creative or innovative.

[Joey Brockert · Rating 1 out of 5]

My wife did not like this book. The format was too computesque and they refered to the children as 'model' as in car models

[Tim Nowotny · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it. Sure I could not try everything in there (have plans for later) but it gives you a good starting point for interaction that I liked very much.